Friedrich Merz, a conservative politician in Angela Merkel’s troubled Christian Democrat Union (CDU), indirectly confirmed his willingness to run for the presidency of the conservative party on Thursday evening.

China’s coronavirus outbreak showed no sign of peaking with health authorities on Friday reporting more than 5,000 new cases, while passengers on a cruise ship blocked from five countries due to virus fears finally disembarked in Cambodia.

Coronavirus deaths have leapt 242 in a single day - the biggest rise ever - as the total cases of infection soar past 60,000.

More than 700,000 people have been displaced in north-western Syria since December due to an ongoing government offensive targeting the last rebel stronghold in the country, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Campaigning kicked off in Iran on Thursday ahead of next week’s crucial parliamentary election at which conservatives are expected to win most seats after thousands of moderates and reformists were disqualified.

China reported on Wednesday its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in two weeks, bolstering a forecast by Beijing’s senior medical adviser for the outbreak in the country to end by April - but fears of further international spread remained.

People across China trickled back work on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year holiday as the government eased restrictions imposed to counter the coronavirus, but the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the number of cases outside China could be

The Chinese public have taken to social media to accuse their government of trying to cover up the death of a ‘heroic’ doctor who was punished for sounding the alarm over coronavirus in a rare online protest against Communist censorship.

The Russian army on Friday accused Israel of using a civilian plane carrying 172 passengers as a shield against Syrian anti-aircraft fire while carrying out air strikes near Damascus.

Indian police are “harassing” primary school students by repeatedly questioning them after their school was charged with sedition over a play allegedly criticising the government’s contentious citizenship law, rights groups said Wednesday.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch gave a delighted thumbs up as she was pulled from the space capsule that brought her back to Earth this morning, having shattered the record for the longest time spent in space by a female astronaut.

China’s coronavirus crisis deepened on Thursday with the death toll soaring to 563, as thousands of people trapped on quarantined cruise ships added to global panic about the epidemic.

Pakistan plans to import more Malaysian palm oil to make up for losses incurred since India imposed informal restrictions on Malaysian imports last month.

Three more Asian countries confirmed coronavirus infections on Tuesday among citizens who had not travelled to China, as Hong Kong reported its first death from the disease and millions more people in Chinese cities were ordered to stay indoors.

The Philippines reported the first death on Sunday outside of China from a new coronavirus, deepening global fears about an epidemic that has claimed more than 300 lives.

Experts have started preparations in Venice to defuse a World War II-era bomb.

The Arab League rejected as “unfair” a Middle East plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump and called for non-cooperation with the US administration, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to cut all ties with the Israelis and the U

The World Health Organization cautioned Friday that closing borders was probably ineffective in halting the transmission of the deadly novel coronavirus from China and could even accelerate its spread.

Jan 31 2020 - Australian officials declared a state of emergency for the capital city of Canberra and surrounding regions on Friday, as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened to propel a large bushfire beyond the control of firefighters.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union’s top officials were looking ahead to new opportunities on Friday, just hours before Britain formally withdraws from the bloc after 47 years of membership.

Responding to Indian PM Narendra Modi’s claim that Pakistan would “bite dust” in case of war with India, Islamabad urged New Delhi not to underestimate its army, invoking an aerial dogfight that led to an Indian pilot’s capture.

An Italian cruise ship with 7,000 people on board is being held off the coast after a Chinese woman fell ill with a suspected case of coronavirus.

Chinese authorities rapidly expanded a mammoth quarantine effort aimed at containing a deadly contagion on Friday to 13 cities and a staggering 41 million people, as nervous residents were checked for fevers and the death toll climbed to 26.

WASHINGTON AFP Jan24, 2020 - Lead House impeachment manager Adam Schiff called dramatically for the Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office Thursday, saying the US leader cannot be trusted to put the country’s interests ahead of his own

China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600, as health authorities around the world scramble to prevent a global pandemic.

2020 A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region on Thursday, killing all three of its crew, authorities said.

China has confirmed the new SARS-like virus that has killed three people has spread between humans. The country’s National Health Commission team said 14 healthcare workers had caught the respiratory virus while treating patients.

Northern Ireland’s devolved assembly voted to reject British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s key Brexit legislation on Monday.

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan began a new life Sunday as somewhat ordinary people with financial worries and security concerns after being stripped of their royal titles and public funding by the Queen.

Pakistan, (dawn.com), January 19, 2020 - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that Pakistan will not continue to watch as India carries out military attacks along the Line of Control (LoC) targeting civilians.