South Asia
Global virus cases near million as US baby dies
Confirmed coronavirus infections around the world approached one million Thursday as the pandemic spread at a “near-exponential” rate, with a six-week-old baby ...Villager fakes death to circumvent India’s virus lockdown
A Kashmiri villager faked his death and travelled more than a hundred miles in an ambulance with four others in a desperate ...Global lockdown tightens as virus deaths mount
Lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus pandemic have extended worldwide as the global death toll mounts and the US ...Taliban kill dozens of Afghan forces in two attacks
The Taliban have killed about two dozen Afghan police and pro-government fighters, officials said Monday, in two attacks that come as the ...Moscow under lockdown as global virus cases top 700,000
Russia’s capital became the latest world city to impose a coronavirus lockdown on Monday as declared cases globally topped 700,000 and the ...Europe, US virus deaths surge as Trump reverses New York lockdown threat
The global coronavirus death toll surged past 30,000 over the weekend as Europe and the United States endured their darkest days of ...World powers vow united front on virus as death toll mounts
World leaders on Thursday promised $5 trillion to stave off global economic collapse from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed 21,000 people ...Virus death toll passes 20,000, three billion under lockdown
More than three billion people around the world were living under lockdown on Wednesday as governments stepped up their efforts against the ...UN chief urges $2 billion for vulnerable nations with virus
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a $2 billion appeal on Wednesday to help vulnerable and conflict-torn countries in the Middle East, ...India locks down 1.3 billion people
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday the government would impose a nationwide lockdown from midnight for 21 days to stem ...














