Death toll

Toll has been accelerating at a daily rate of between 6% and 10% over the past week

As the confirmed cases rose to 92,472, the second-highest in the world

As virus continues to rage through France, French soldiers join battle against virus

The exchange marks an escalation in the bitter war of words between China and the US over the past week

A total 427 deaths were registered in Italy over the past 24 hours

Iranian Health Ministry confirms total 18,407 cases of COVID-19 so far

The outbreak in Iran is one of the deadliest outside of China, where the disease originated

Iran has had the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus outside China, where the virus originated

More than 170,000 people took refuge in shelters across the massive urban conglomeration, home to some 30 million

Storm Elsa flooded rivers, brought down power lines and disrupted rail and air travel across the region

Iran has dismissed such figures as ‘utter lies’

The search continues for the final two missing bodies

At least 38 cases reported in the last 24 hours

Four others at Nishtar Hospital in critical condition

Indian force launched 177 cordon and search operations in which troops seal off an area, conduct security sweep

Rescue work is ongoing, so far more than two dozen people have been rescued

No immediate claim of responsibility

Survivors take to streets to protest the slow pace of relief

The government had given a toll of more than 350 but brought this down last week

Additional deaths were the result of the wounded dying of their injuries

Destroying houses, uprooting trees and toppling electricity poles

Cyclone Idai tore through Mozambique and inland neighbors Malawi and Zimbabwe after making landfall last week

With people hailing from across the Muslim world

As testimony emerge of epic heroism and harrowing suffering in the gun attack

Mineral-laced sludge from the disaster contaminates 120 kilometers of the Paraopeba River

After nearly two weeks of searches

The storm which hit Havana has been confirmed as a F4 storm, with F5 the strongest

UN migration agency appeals to regional leaders to take action to stop such tragedies

Authorities end a week-long search for missing victims with one person still unaccounted for

At least 20 people missing

As rescue teams search for victims amid debris-strewn beaches

Marks the third natural disaster to have plagued the country during the previous six months

Three tsunami disasters have hit the archipelago in six months

Five children sent to a hospital in Karachi succumb to injuries

Italian PM says a cabinet meeting will be convened this week to declare a state of emergency

A further 35 people injured following heavy rains on Thursday

Heavy downpours since Wednesday triggered flooding and landslides that hit some 24 villages

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Friday triggered tsunami waves as high as six metres

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit Sulawesi Island on Friday

The quake was the latest in a string of natural disasters to batter the island nation

The Iraqi parliament is expected to hold an emergency session later on Saturday to discuss the crisis

The quake was the latest in a string of natural disasters to batter the country

Around 22 people are still unaccounted for in the small northern countryside town of Atsuma

'According to preliminary estimates Kerala's losses due to the floods is 19,512 crore rupees'

The authorities had previously announced 24 deaths and more than 150 injuries from wildfires

Seven communities in already devastated areas were evacuated as the volcano's activity increased

A high rise sports centre became site of the deadliest fire

Forecasters warn of another major storm heading toward the country

Some 3,233 of the civilians killed are reportedly killed by Coalition forces

The dead included a 12-year-old boy and two girls aged 11 and 14