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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 to contain ...Quarter of Italian population put under virus lockdown
More than 15 million people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy early Sunday as the government approved drastic measures in ...Thousands rally in Asia for International Women’s Day despite virus fears
Thousands took to the streets across Asia for International Women’s Day on Sunday even as the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of ...Argentina announces first coronavirus death in Latin America
A 64-year-old man died in Argentina as a result of the new coronavirus, the first such death in Latin America, health authorities ...Heavy police raids leave east Jerusalem neighborhood on edge
Murad Mahmoud’s 14-year-old son has been detained by Israeli police in his east Jerusalem neighborhood three times in the last two years. ...Global coronavirus cases reach 100,000
Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone Friday, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it wove itself deeper into ...Gunmen kill at least 29 at ceremony in Afghan capital
Gunmen opened fire Friday at a ceremony in Afghanistan’s capital attended by prominent political leaders, killing at least 29 people and wounding ...Over 20,000 migrant deaths on Mediterranean since 2014: UN
The U.N. migration agency said Friday that a shipwreck off Libya and other recent maritime incidents have raised its estimated death toll ...‘This is not a drill’: WHO urges world to take virus more seriously
World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe and in ...9 in 10 of all people hold bias against women
– Nearly 90 percent of the world’s population — of every gender — holds some prejudice against women, according to a UN ...