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As the outbreak caused more countries to shut down and brought the global economy to a screeching halt, the leaders stressed the need to join forces and move quickly to address the damage.

The decade-long jihadist uprising has killed 36,000 people and displaced around two million from their homes in northeast Nigeria.

Indonesia has reported 96 cases and five virus-related deaths since the outbreak began in the country two weeks ago.

The strikes marked a rapid escalation in tensions with Tehran and its proxy groups in Iraq, just two months after Iran carried out a massive ballistic missile attack against American troops at a base in Iraq.

The response by the Trump administration comes after the US President was subjected to criticism for playing down the virus, contradicting his own public health officials and concentrating more on the economic fallout from the outbreak.

Tinder, the app that famously allows users to swipe through a myriad of candidates for a date or a hookup, has issued a warning to users that "While we want you to continue to have fun, protecting yourself from the coronavirus is more important."

The Iranian judiciary's Mizan Online official news agency cited Asghar Jahangir, the head of Iran's prisons organization, as saying that "about 70,000 prisoners" had been released in a bid to combat the outbreak.

The Fed is a familiar punching bag for the US President, who has assailed it repeatedly in recent weeks while the US economy has been grappling with the spreading coronavirus outbreak, with Wall Street on Monday having its worst session since December 200...

The German woman was among a 30-member tourist group who arrived in northern Cyprus from Balingen in Germany on Sunday.

The sanitizer will cost USD 6 a gallon to make and is not expected to go on general sale. The announcement came as the number of confirmed cases in the state rose to 142.

Two more deaths linked to a virus-hit care home near Seattle were reported Sunday, bringing the nationwide toll to at least 21.

A trade report showed China's exports contracted sharply in the first two months of the year, and imports slowed, as the health crisis caused massive disruptions to business operations, global supply chains.

A break failure caused the tanker to crash into 15 vehicles and two large buses carrying several Iraqi passengers, said Interior Minister Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun.

Biden, the 77-year-old former vice president, spoke to a large crowd of supporters in Missouri, one of six states that will hold Democratic primaries on Tuesday.

Bernie Sanders, who until recently was the front-runner in the Democratic race to face Republican President Donald Trump in November, is now trailing in delegates and desperate to regain momentum after Joe Biden received a rush of endorsements following h...

Vice President Mike Pence said the ship will be brought to a non-commercial dock this weekend and all 3,533 passengers and crew will be tested.