France's foreign office on Saturday issued new travel advice for its citizens due to the coronavirus outbreak, saying it did not recommend traveling to China unless there was an "imperative"…
China blocks Foxconn plan to restart plants due to coronavirus: Nikkei
China has blocked a plan by Apple supplier Foxconn to resume production in China from Monday, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday, amid concerns about the spread of the…
Thai soldier kills at least 10 in shooting rampage: police
A Thai soldier killed at least 10 people in a shooting rampage on Saturday in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in the north east of Thailand and remains at large,…
American dies of coronavirus in China; Britons infected at French ski resort
A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S. officials said, as millions of Chinese began returning home after a Lunar…
Five Britons contract coronavirus in French ski resort
Five British nationals on a ski trip have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus at a mountain resort in France, after staying in the same chalet with a person who…
Khamenei says Iran should increase military might to prevent war
Iran should increase its military might to prevent a war, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a gathering of air force commanders on Saturday, dismissing the U.S. sanctions on the…
Khamenei says U.S. sanctions against Tehran are ‘criminal act’
The sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States are a "criminal act" against the country, Iranian's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday, according to state TV. ...
Irish vote may end Varadkar’s spell as PM as Sinn Fein surges
Irish voters look likely to dump Prime Minister Leo Varadkar from power on Saturday in an election that could alter the political landscape with a surge by Sinn Fein, which…
Pentagon official, Lockheed Martin pull out of Singapore Airshow as virus alert level raised
The Pentagon shrunk the size of its delegation traveling to the Singapore Airshow and U.S. defense firms Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co said they would not attend, as the…
U.S. awaits China’s approval to send in experts as part of WHO team
U.S. experts on infectious diseases, including government officials, are awaiting approval to enter China to help fight the coronavirus epidemic, having been included on a list proposed by the World…