Lockdowns

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s virus cases surged another 32,695 as of Thursday, taking the nation closer to one million…

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentine doctors and health officials are predicting that coronavirus cases will peak in coming weeks as…

Early optimism that South Asia might have dodged the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic has disappeared as soaring infection…

AMMAN (Reuters) — Many people in Jordan are struggling to meet basic needs after a more than two-month lockdown to…

TUNIS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — It was the first day that the whole of the Tunis medina was open for…

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon is struggling to take the first steps out of a deep financial crisis, with hopes of…

Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year’s hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its…

QALQILYA, West Bank (Reuters) — Peacocks, ostriches and baboons joined in an animal baby boom at a Palestinian zoo during…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey’s industrial output slumped a more-than-expected 31.4 percent and its current account deficit widened beyond five billion…

NEW DELHI (AP) — When Raj Singh’s 70-year-old mother died from the coronavirus in India’s capital, he took comfort in…