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Italy extends coronavirus measures nationwide
Movement across Italy will be sharply restricted in a dramatic new clampdown aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus, ...Markets plunge, WHO warns pandemic risk ‘very real’ as virus spreads
The World Health Organization warned Monday that the threat of a coronavirus pandemic is “very real” as financial markets tanked, ...Israel to bring in 14-day quarantine for all arrivals
Israel will require all citizens who return from abroad to self-quarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the spread ...Spain shuts schools in Madrid region and Basque capital over coronavirus
Schools and universities in the Madrid region will close for two weeks starting on Wednesday as a precaution against coronavirus, ...Europe told to act now as coronavirus locks down north Italy and markets plunge
Italy’s prime minister promised “massive shock therapy” to beat the coronavirus on Monday and urged Europe to act decisively after ...Ghani sworn in as Afghan president, rival holds parallel inauguration
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was sworn in for a second term on Monday but his main rival refused to recognize ...Germany announces economic measures to stall ‘corona-crisis’
Germany announced measures to boost its sputtering economy in the face of the fast-spreading coronavirus on Monday, while also calling ...Markets plunge, Italy locked down as virus spreads
Financial markets around the world crashed on Monday and millions of people in northern Italy were in lockdown as officials ...Sudan Prime Minister unharmed in assassination attempt
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survived unharmed an assassination attempt using explosives in the capital Khartoum Monday, said his top ...Saudi seals off Shiite-majority region, closes schools over coronavirus
Saudi authorities Sunday cordoned off the eastern region of Qatif, a stronghold of the kingdom’s Shiite minority, in a bid ...