Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education on Thursday announced the death of 1,284 people out of a total of 18,407 novel coronavirus cases, according to official
The United States will temporarily close its border with Canada to "non-essential traffic," and the decision was made by mutual consent, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday. Trade
The Republican National Committee tweeted Tuesday night that sitting President Donald Trump has become the party's presumptive nominee for the 2020 presidential race after his victory in the Florida
Pierpaolo Sileri, Italy's deputy health minister, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is now under quarantine, according to local media reports on Saturday.On the same day, Anna Ascani,
File Photo: Kazakh infection specialist Saule Atygaeva (C) as well as other medical staff from the infection department of a designated quarantine hospital express sup
General Jaroslaw Mika, the general commander of Poland's armed forces, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on Twitter Tuesday. The general's aides h
The novel coronavirus continued to spread in locked-down Italy on Tuesday, with authorities confirming that 8,514 people have tested positive and 631 have died since the epidemic first emerged in no
European Union (EU) leaders will hold a conference call shortly to coordinate the bloc's efforts against the novel coronavirus, said President of the European Council Charles Michel on Monday on Twi
Several embassies in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) closed on Monday as many diplomats were flown out following weeks of tight quarantine restrictions imposed by Pyongyang over the
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Congressman Mark Meadows will become the new White House chief of staff. "I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very
Migrants wait on the Turkey-Greece border buffer zone, at Pazarkule, in Edirne district. Ozan Kose/AFP Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has blocked any new asylum applications to the c
The 2020 CD3 asteroid, which is up to around 3.5m in diameter, is the second to have been dragged into the Earth's orbit.
China's Ambassador to Tehran Chang Hua (C) attends a ceremony to deliver masks in Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) Chinese Ambassador to Iran C
"Be strong, Iran," China's Ambassador to Tehran Chang Hua said while delivering 250,000 masks to Iran amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua)
An Iranian health official on Friday confirmed the infection of 13 people to the coronavirus illness, named COVID-19, in the country. Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public
U.S. Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland on Tuesday stressed the need for a negotiated settlement to the Libyan crisis as the armed conflict between the east-based army and the UN-backed government
TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Saturday denied that Iran recently sent weapons cache to Yemen, Tasnim news agency reported. Deputy Commander of the IRGC for