International Archive

Forest fire kills 19 in China's Sichuan province

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 3:42pm

Philippines coronavirus testing to be stepped up soon: WHO

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 11:48am

UK police criticised for overzealous lockdown response

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 11:44am

Amazon workers in US protest over coronavirus safety

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 10:19am

Coronavirus epidemic 'far from over' in Asia: WHO official

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 9:41am

Trump extends coronavirus restrictions until April

Monday, March 30th, 2020 4:51pm

Iran plans tougher restrictions as coronavirus toll rises

Monday, March 30th, 2020 4:36pm

At least 28 Afghan security personnel killed in Taliban assaults

Monday, March 30th, 2020 3:02pm

Drop in China's new coronavirus cases; none in Wuhan for sixth day

Monday, March 30th, 2020 1:26pm

Saudi Arabia announces 96 new COVID-19 cases

Monday, March 30th, 2020 12:56pm

Iran's death toll from coronavirus crosse 2,600

Sunday, March 29th, 2020 4:28pm

Saudi Arabia extends suspension of work, international flights

Sunday, March 29th, 2020 4:16pm

World's largest glove maker sees shortage as coronavirus fight spikes

Sunday, March 29th, 2020 2:47pm

North Korea launches two short-range ballistic missiles

Sunday, March 29th, 2020 10:40am

Trump drops idea of New York lockdown as US death count crosses 2,000

Sunday, March 29th, 2020 9:48am

Chinese city of Wuhan partially re-opens to visitors

Saturday, March 28th, 2020 1:11pm

India extends suspension of domestic flights

Friday, March 27th, 2020 8:46pm

Afghan government forms team for talks with Taliban

Friday, March 27th, 2020 6:33pm

Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

Friday, March 27th, 2020 3:33pm

China temporarily bans foreign visitors amid coronavirus pandemic

Friday, March 27th, 2020 12:32pm

South Africa goes into lockdown as coronavirus cases exceed 1,000

Friday, March 27th, 2020 12:21pm

US overtakes China with most coronavirus cases

Friday, March 27th, 2020 11:27am

Spain extends state of emergency as coronavirus crisis worsens

Thursday, March 26th, 2020 3:00pm

India's banks plan to close most branches during lockdown

Thursday, March 26th, 2020 1:11pm

UK health minister says 560,000 volunteers sign up to help NHS

Thursday, March 26th, 2020 11:35am

Brazil's Bolsonaro calls coronavirus lockdown a 'crime'

Thursday, March 26th, 2020 11:34am

Iran introduces intercity travel ban as coronavirus death toll spikes

Thursday, March 26th, 2020 10:51am

Christchurch shooter pleads guilty to 51 murders

Thursday, March 26th, 2020 6:10am

Saudi Arabia tightens curfew imposed to contain coronavirus

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 3:52pm

Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 2:54pm

UK parliament set to close for at least four weeks

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 11:53am

Gunmen attack Sikh temple in Afghan capital

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 10:18am

Indians scramble for supplies as 21-day coronavirus lockdown begins

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 9:42am

No tsunami threat after magnitude 7.5 quake off Russia's Kuril islands

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 8:57am

India announces 21-day lockdown to fight COVID-19

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 7:02pm

Philippine reports 90 new coronavirus cases, breaches 500-mark

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 1:45pm

Cruise ship responsible for jump in Australia coronavirus cases

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 12:21pm

Beijing tightens quarantine rules for travellers from overseas

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 10:08am

Coronavirus: UK's Boris Johnson issues stay-at-home order

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 8:29am

UK calls in army and warns people to stay home or face lockdown

Monday, March 23rd, 2020 2:09pm

Prison riots in Colombia over virus fears leaves 23 dead

Monday, March 23rd, 2020 1:26pm

Saudi Arabia imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew to fight coronavirus

Monday, March 23rd, 2020 10:42am

New York City '10 days away' from hospital supply shortages

Monday, March 23rd, 2020 10:22am

Coronavirus: Germany bans meetings of more than 2 people

Monday, March 23rd, 2020 9:22am

Oman bans public gatherings, shuts currency exchange stores

Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 4:17pm

Kuwait imposes nationwide curfew in COVID-19 fight

Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 12:55pm

One dead as powerful quake rocks Croatia's capital

Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 12:20pm

Australia shuts down gyms, pubs, cinemas to halt coronavirus spread

Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 12:15pm

India observes 14-hour coronavirus curfew as cases rise above 300

Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 10:28am

Pakistan temporarily halts international passenger flights

Sunday, March 22nd, 2020 8:38am

North Korea has launched missiles into Sea of Japan

Saturday, March 21st, 2020 3:11pm

Indian PM Narendra Modi uses Twitter to battle COVID-19

Saturday, March 21st, 2020 11:43am

UK public outlets told to shut down

Saturday, March 21st, 2020 10:06am

Spain's coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000

Friday, March 20th, 2020 3:12pm

Indian state to close shops, offices in light of coronavirus

Friday, March 20th, 2020 3:11pm

India executes 4 men for 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder

Friday, March 20th, 2020 9:08am

Saudi Arabia suspends domestic flights and trains over coronavirus fears

Friday, March 20th, 2020 8:36am

India bars all international flights for one week

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 4:22pm

Melania Trump to star in US coronavirus awareness ads

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 12:37pm

COVID-19: Indian school board exams postponed

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 10:28am

Australia, New Zealand shut borders to all foreigners over coronavirus

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 9:37am

US suspends visa services worldwide due to coronavirus

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 9:29am

Italy's death toll from the coronavirus overtakes China's

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 8:54am

Japanese man who threatened to spread coronavirus dies

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 1:34pm

Panic buying forces UK supermarkets to impose limits

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 12:49pm

Australia declares emergency, invokes new powers to fight coronavirus

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 10:45am

Philippines amends travel restrictions, allows OFWs to fly out

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 10:11am

Joe Biden edges closer to Democratic nomination

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 9:06am

Saudi Arabia closes public sector offices over COVID-19 concerns

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 8:21am

Philippines declares state of calamity over COVID-19

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 4:33pm

Pakistan reports first COVID-19 death, India closes Taj Mahal

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 3:14pm

Sri Lanka bans all incoming flights to combat coronavirus

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 1:30pm

Iran temporarily frees 85,000 prisoners amid coronavirus

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 12:50pm

Philippines' Luzon to suspend international flights

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 11:58am

China tightens checks on travellers as imported COVID-19 cases spike

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 11:08am

France imposes lockdown to combat coronavirus

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 10:20am

India announces quarantine for UAE, Gulf passengers

Monday, March 16th, 2020 8:14pm

Malaysia virus cases jump to 553

Monday, March 16th, 2020 3:48pm

Bahrain reports first death from coronavirus

Monday, March 16th, 2020 1:29pm

Japanese man gets death penalty for killing 19 disabled people

Monday, March 16th, 2020 1:12pm

Duterte imposes new quarantine measures across Luzon

Monday, March 16th, 2020 12:32pm

Restaurants, movie halls shuttered across the US over coronavirus

Monday, March 16th, 2020 8:51am

Lebanon announces two-week lockdown

Monday, March 16th, 2020 7:09am

Iran's coronavirus death toll reaches 724

Sunday, March 15th, 2020 1:12pm

China tightens airport checks as imported coronavirus cases tick up

Sunday, March 15th, 2020 11:24am

France closes shops, restaurants, tells people to stay home

Sunday, March 15th, 2020 10:45am

Self-isolation rule imposed on all travellers to Australia

Sunday, March 15th, 2020 9:24am

US extends travel ban to UK and Ireland over coronavirus

Sunday, March 15th, 2020 9:00am

Coronavirus: UK to ban mass gatherings from next week

Saturday, March 14th, 2020 5:26pm

Europe is 'epicentre' of global coronavirus pandemic: WHO

Saturday, March 14th, 2020 5:07pm

Philippine capital to be placed under curfew as coronavirus cases spike

Saturday, March 14th, 2020 2:19pm

New Zealand reveals travel restrictions to combat coronavirus

Saturday, March 14th, 2020 10:24am

Saudi Arabia to suspend international flights for two weeks

Saturday, March 14th, 2020 9:05am

Greece swears in first female president

Friday, March 13th, 2020 4:19pm

Australian Minister Peter Dutton has coronavirus

Friday, March 13th, 2020 4:05pm

COVID-19: Countries enforce strict measures to control spread

Friday, March 13th, 2020 2:48pm

Oman suspends tourist visas for a month

Friday, March 13th, 2020 12:35pm

Canadian Prime Minister's wife tests positive for coronavirus

Friday, March 13th, 2020 9:34am

Metro Manila on lockdown due to COVID-19

Thursday, March 12th, 2020 6:12pm

Saudi Arabia expands coronavirus travel ban

Thursday, March 12th, 2020 1:38pm

China's coronavirus epicentre sees single-digit cases for first time

Thursday, March 12th, 2020 10:24am

Trump suspends travel from Europe for 30 days

Thursday, March 12th, 2020 8:30am

India suspends tourist visas over coronavirus

Thursday, March 12th, 2020 6:00am

Qatar sees 238 new COVID-19 cases in one day

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 8:58pm

COVID-19 confirmed as pandemic: World Health Organisation

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 8:47pm

Kuwait declares public holiday; to halt commercial flights

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 8:16pm

Bahrain records 77 new coronavirus cases

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 2:57pm

Pilot killed in Pakistan Air Force F-16 crash in Islamabad

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 1:55pm

Putin opens door to extending rule until 2036

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 1:29pm

South Korea reports jump in coronavirus cases

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 10:28am

Afghan peace talks: Ghani approves prisoner swap order

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 9:59am

Joe Biden wins Michigan, in a big blow to Bernie Sanders

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 9:25am

UK health minister tests positive for coronavirus

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 8:31am

COVID-19: IAEA to assist in worldwide virus detection efforts

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 6:25am

Quarantine on tourist ship in Egypt has been lifted

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 6:52pm

Families to mark first anniversary of Ethiopian 737 MAX crash

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 1:32pm

US begins to withdraw troops from Afghanistan

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 10:50am

Xi Jinping visits Wuhan as number of new coronavirus cases fall

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 8:48am

Italy expands its quarantine to entire country

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 8:12am

Saudi Arabia halts travel between 5 more countries

Monday, March 9th, 2020 7:35pm

Tokyo Olympics torch ceremony to be held without spectators

Monday, March 9th, 2020 2:59pm

Australia sues Facebook over data breach

Monday, March 9th, 2020 1:39pm

Sudan's Abdalla Hamdok survives assassination attempt

Monday, March 9th, 2020 12:40pm

China reports zero locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside Hubei

Monday, March 9th, 2020 11:27am

3-year-old among 42 coronavirus cases in India

Monday, March 9th, 2020 11:05am

North Korea fires three projectiles into sea

Monday, March 9th, 2020 10:38am

Philippines to declare health emergency to combat coronavirus

Monday, March 9th, 2020 10:14am

Italy's COVID-19 death toll jumps to 366

Monday, March 9th, 2020 10:02am

India's crisis-hit Yes Bank's founder arrested

Sunday, March 8th, 2020 12:09pm

COVID-19: Maldives places two resort islands under lockdown

Sunday, March 8th, 2020 11:40am

US death toll from coronavirus hits 19, New York declares emergency

Sunday, March 8th, 2020 10:45am

COVID-19: Italy places Milan, Venice under lockdown

Sunday, March 8th, 2020 8:59am

10 dead after quarantine hotel collapses in China

Sunday, March 8th, 2020 8:33am

US President Trump has replaced his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney

Saturday, March 7th, 2020 3:08pm

Italy reports largest daily jump in death toll from COVID-19

Saturday, March 7th, 2020 2:47pm

Saudi Arabia restricts entry of Emiratis, Kuwaitis and Bahrainis to 3 airports

Saturday, March 7th, 2020 12:14pm

First local case of COVID-19 detected in Philippines

Friday, March 6th, 2020 10:12am

US elections: Warren drops out of presidential race

Friday, March 6th, 2020 9:49am

Egypt announces third case of COVID-19

Friday, March 6th, 2020 9:47am

First coronavirus recovery announced in Kuwait

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 8:04pm

Three more cases of COVID-19 detected in Saudi

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 7:38pm

WHO report looks into how China is fighting COVID-19

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 3:51pm

21 injured as high-speed train derails in eastern France

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 2:55pm

Twitter tests disappearing 'fleets' in Brazil

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 2:31pm

COVID-19: Italy, Greece shut down schools

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 2:14pm

Michael Bloomberg ends US presidential campaign

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 11:58am

COVID-19: South Korea declares new 'special care zone'

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 11:40am

Singapore delays Turkish Airlines flight after coronavirus case found

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 9:30am

Japan committed to hosting Olympics even as virus spreads

Thursday, March 5th, 2020 9:23am

Saudi suspends Umrah pilgrimage for citizens

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 6:11pm

Major events cancelled around the world over coronavirus fears

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 5:07pm

One more charged over Britain truck deaths

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 3:23pm

Olympics preparation on track despite 1,000 COVID-19 cases in Japan

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 2:52pm

COVID-19 cases in India rise to 28

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 11:41am

COVID-19 cases in South Korea surge

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 10:37am

Biden has strong Super Tuesday showing

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 10:17am

COVID-19: 40 Indian school students placed under quarantine

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 2:55pm

Tornado kills 2, destroys 40 buildings in Nashville

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 2:27pm

Twitter tells staff to work from home

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 1:46pm

Pope Francis tests negative for coronavirus: report

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 1:05pm

North Korean leader Kim oversees long-range artillery drill

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 11:56am

South Korea reports 600 new coronavirus cases, 3 more deaths

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 8:46am

Saudi Arabia announces first case of COVID-19

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 6:42am

Louvre museum closed again as workers fret over coronavirus

Monday, March 2nd, 2020 1:37pm

Gunman takes dozens hostage in Manila shopping mall

Monday, March 2nd, 2020 10:57am

Second coronavirus death in US

Monday, March 2nd, 2020 10:19am

North Korea 'fires two projectiles' off east coast into sea

Monday, March 2nd, 2020 9:51am

Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 3,000

Monday, March 2nd, 2020 9:30am

Iran's death toll from coronavirus jumps to 54, with 978 infected

Sunday, March 1st, 2020 4:01pm

Turkey downs two Syrian government planes over Idlib

Sunday, March 1st, 2020 3:51pm

Pope makes first public appearance following illness

Sunday, March 1st, 2020 3:18pm

NASA images show China pollution drop amid COVID-19 lockdown

Sunday, March 1st, 2020 12:47pm

President Ashraf Ghani rejects prisoner swap with Taliban

Sunday, March 1st, 2020 11:06am

South Korea closes churches as COVID-19 tally passes 3,500

Sunday, March 1st, 2020 10:26am

COVID-19: US, Australia, Thailand record first deaths

Sunday, March 1st, 2020 9:51am