As the United States struggled to launch testing for the novel coronavirus using kits developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization shipped hundreds of thousands

Nearly seven million people living in a wide swath of Northern California, including Silicon Valley, are being ordered to shelter in place starting at midnight on Monday.Along with San Francisco, which

Automakers General Motors (GM.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) (FCAU.N) are forming a coronavirus task force along with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union to improve protections

Britain's food retailers appealed to shoppers on Sunday to stop panic buying during the coronavirus outbreak, saying purchasing more than they need would mean others will be left without.The British Retail

Even as Japan has stressed that the Olympics will proceed as planned, government and central bank officials are more seriously weighing the risk of cancelation when making projections for this year's economic

Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday dismissed suggestions that there was confusion surrounding President Donald Trump's address to the nation about coronavirus despite the administration having to later

Palestinian leaders have slammed the Israeli defence ministry's approval of planning for a road that would separate Palestinians and Israeli commuters east of Jerusalem, a highly controversial move meant

Mainland China reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside the epicenter of Hubei province for the second day running on Monday, but a top Communist Party official warned against people

Syria's Idlib region was quiet but tense on Friday with a lull in Russian and Syrian air raids that have pounded the last opposition-held enclave in Syria, residents and opposition sources said, after

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp dismissed questions about coronavirus following Tuesday's FA Cup defeat by Chelsea, insisting his opinion on the subject is irrelevant.Since the outbreak in December, more

Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak.American Airlines has extended the suspension of China and Hong Kong flights through April 24- Air France

The political players in Afghanistan should set aside their "personal interests" in moving the country's peace process forward, Pakistan's foreign minister has said, before warning the United

Greek police fired tear gas to repel hundreds of stone-throwing migrants who sought to force their way across the border from Turkey on Sunday, witnesses said, with thousands more behind them after Ankara

Standing next to her Australian counterpart Scott Morrison, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did not hesitate to let him know what she thought of his country's deportation policy, calling it

Two of the nation's most prominent Latino New Yorkers, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, are starring in a new ad to urge New Yorkers to participate in the

Brazil's government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who traveled to Italy this month has Latin America's first confirmed case of the new coronavirus spreading worldwide."We will

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced from power in an Arab Spring uprising, died Tuesday, state-run TV