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US regulators approved a fast coronavirus test on Saturday, in time to supply a nation that has struggled to meet test demand as the COVID-19 pandemic ramps...

Rome: Italy reported 6,557 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, raising the total to 53,578 since the pandemic first broke out in its north on Feb. 21,...

BRASILIA: The Brazilian Senate on Friday approved a request made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to declare a state of emergency. The decree...

The Japanese Coast Guard and South Korean military reported on Saturday that North Korea fired at two projectiles toward the East Sea that landed outside...

As a growing number of US states impose lockdown orders to prevent the spread of coronavirus, President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that a malaria...

Islamabad: While ruling out a complete lockdown of the country, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday urged people to adopt social distancing as a...

Geneva: Europe reported 17,506 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours as of midnight Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the...

Kathmandu: Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday announced a number of prohibitive measures including suspension of incoming international flights...

Muscat: The Pasteur Institute, a non-profit foundation located in France, has dismissed rumours on social media, attributing the invention of the novel...

Muscat: The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Italy has exceeded the deaths in China, the Oman News Agency (ONA) reported. ONA said in a statement:...