South Asia
Pakistani doctors launch hunger strike over virus protection fears
Dozens of Pakistani doctors and nurses have launched a hunger strike demanding adequate protective equipment for frontline staff treating coronavirus patients, the ...United Nations pushes for virus vaccine as Trump disinfectant theory sparks outrage
The United Nations on Friday launched a global push to speed up production of a vaccine for the new coronavirus as US ...Unprecedented virus lockdown as Muslims mark Ramadan
Muslims around the world began marking Ramadan under coronavirus lockdown on Friday with unprecedented bans on family gatherings and mass prayers, while ...‘Hunger pandemic’ fears as virus roils world economy
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a hunger crisis in already vulnerable parts of the world, the UN warned ...Ramadan on collision course with virus for Asia’s Muslims
Across Asia, home to about half of the world’s Muslims, the coming Islamic holy month of Ramadan is on a collision course ...Oil prices tank, as Americans protest virus stay-at-home orders
Oil prices crashed into negative territory Monday after coronavirus lockdowns around the globe shrivelled demand, as US demonstrators once again took to ...WHO insists it hid nothing, sounded virus alarm from start
The World Health Organization insisted Monday that it sounded the alarm on the novel coronavirus right from the very start and had ...Global virus deaths top 150,000 as US braces for lockdown protests
Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where new rallies against lockdown ...Nations debate easing lockdown as economic hardship grows
Governments around the world are wrestling with when and how to lift economically painful virus-control measures as unemployment rises. Mandatory lockdowns to ...Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump endorses lockdown protests
Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where President Donald Trump lent ...














