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Pray at home during Ramadan, says Khamenei to Iranians

Ramadan is set to start in the last week of April this year

9 April 2020 4:11 PM IST

Hospital beds are pictured inside a field hospital that had offered beds for COVID-19 coronavirus patients during the height of the crisis in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. AFP photoWorld
Only strict lockdown, social distancing can contain virus: Indians in...

India evacuated about 700 Indians and foreigners through two special Air India flights

9 April 2020 3:27 PM IST

People, wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, shop for food items in the Geylang Serai market in Singapore. AFP photoWorld
Indian man in Singapore dies of coronavirus

With 142 cases reported on Wednesday, Singapore has a total of 1,623 COVID-19 infections

9 April 2020 12:44 PM IST

Pakistan approached the IMF in August 2018 for a bailout package. (Photo- AFP)West Asia
Iran seeks $5 billion from IMF to battle coronavirus

Coronavirus has killed more than 3,800 people and infected more than 62,500.

8 April 2020 6:08 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani chairs a cabinet session in the capital Tehran. Rouhani urged the International Monetary Fund to provide the country with a requested $5 billion emergency loan to combat its novel coronavirus. AFP photoWest Asia
Virus-hit Iran urges IMF to approve $5bn loan

Iran is battling one of the deadliest coronavirus outbreaks which it says has killed close to 4,000 people and infected...

8 April 2020 5:56 PM IST

Workers wearing protective gears walk to spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea. AP PhotoWorld
South Korea to tighten border controls to curb Coronavirus cases

South Korea has been enforcing two-week quarantines on all passengers arriving from abroad since April 1.

8 April 2020 10:05 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures as he arrives at his office in Tokyo on March 18, 2020. Abe said the country will expand quarantine measures and a ban on entry from parts of countries including Italy and Spain affected by the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)World
Japan PM proposes state of emergency to tackle Covid-19

Abe also proposes a stimulus package worth $1 trillion for the economy.

6 April 2020 5:36 PM IST

In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban groups top political leader sign a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar. AP PhotoWest Asia
Taliban-US peace deal near breaking point

The Taliban's statement issued Sunday warned of more violence if the U.S. and the Afghan government continue alleged...

6 April 2020 11:18 AM IST

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South Korea reports 86 new Covid19 cases, count rises to 10,000

South Korea said about half of the new cases came from the densely populous Seoul, where imported cases have been on the...

3 April 2020 9:14 AM IST

Australian student Alek Sigley says he was threatened with a firing-squad execution in North Korea (AFP Photo)World
Australian student claims North Korea threatened to execute him

Alek Sigley was forced to read out a videoed -"letter of apology-" dictated by his captors before being released

2 April 2020 1:03 PM IST

North Korea insists it is free of coronavirusWorld
North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus

Pak Myong, director of anti-epidemic department of the North's Central Emergency, insisted that the efforts had been...

2 April 2020 12:33 PM IST

Customers shop for pork at a wet market in Taicang city, east Chinas Jiangsu province. (Photo- AFP)World
​China's 'deadly' wet markets selling bats, pangolins and dogs...

Huanan Seafood Market in China's Wuhan is believed to be the epicentre of coronavirus

2 April 2020 8:44 AM IST

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