Fatemeh Rahbar, an elected lawmaker for the next parliament of Iran, died from COVID-19 on Saturday, semi-official Fars news agency reported. Rahbar was elected as the
Mercedes Benz (China) Ltd. and Beijing Benz Automotive Co. will recall 9,765 vehicles from the Chinese market due to safety concerns, according to the country's top qu
The total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States have risen to over 330 by midnight Friday with 14 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Sci
A state of emergency took effect on Friday in Palestine amid fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared on Thursday a s
Hong Kong on Friday reported two more confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 106. The first case involved a 56-year-old businessman, who travelled to L
Russia hopes that the U.S.-Taliban peace deal will be fully implemented, although the agreement has not yet led to immediate positive changes in Afghanistan, the Russi
Up till 8 a.m. Eastern Time Friday (1300 GMT), the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has exceeded 100,000 globally to reach 100,113, according to Johns Hopkins Univ
Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a policy that enables the government to revoke the visas of people coming from China and South Korea, in an effort to contain the sp
Hubei Province, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported 74 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, down 52 from Thursday, and 28 deaths o
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday talked over the phone about a cease-fire in Syria's northwestern province of Idli
The Chinese mainland reported 25 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday outside Hubei Province, the epicenter of the outbreak, accor
China has disposed of 123,000 tonnes of medical waste since late January amid the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), said the Ministry of Ecology a
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has reached six with one new case reported, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza said
Chinese health authority said Friday it received reports of 143 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 30 deaths on Thursday on the Chinese mainland. A
Central China's hardest-hit Hubei Province on Thursday opened its first rehabilitation facility for patients cured of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the H
A Harvard epidemiologist has warned that traveler screening in the United States may not detect most symptomatic cases of COVID-19. The modeling result using a robust
Genetic sequencing tests are being carried out on the pet dog of a confirmed COVID-19 patient in Hong Kong, which could reveal if the virus has mutated or not, an offi