COVID-19

The collapse of sports events worldwide over the rapidly spreading new coronavirus heaped pressure on the Tokyo Olympics on Friday…

SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Governments and central banks readied more emergency measures to tackle the economic impact of the coronavirus on…

MILAN/SEOUL (Reuters) — In Italy, millions are locked down and more than 1,000 people have died from the coronavirus. In…

ROME (AP) — Sweeping travel bans accelerated around the globe Thursday, walling regions apart, keeping people inside their homes and…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Thursday it had asked for an emergency $5 billion loan from the International Monetary…

EgyptAir is ramping up measures to disinfect airplanes and high-traffic areas in airports across the country, a statement from the…

Kuwait registered eight new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, five of which are Egyptian nationals who had contact…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A spike in cases in the Gulf Arab states helped push infections in the…

President Donald Trump’s decision Wednesday to impose a 30-day ban on most Europeans entering the United States is the latest…

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi offered his condolences on Wednesday to Italian Prime Minster Giuseppe Conte over coronavirus deaths in Italy,…