New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a one-mile (1.6km) coronavirus "containment zone" aroun..
Thousands of flights have been cancelled worldwide as airlines struggle to cope with a slump in dema..
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French President Emmanuel Macron address..
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Shoe shops, perfumiers and even ministry..
Biden and Sanders face off as six states, including key battleground Michigan, hold primary contests
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US Democratic presidential candidate Joe..
Taiz, in Yemen's south-west, is home to one of the longest-running battles of the country'..
Five senior US Republicans have quarantined themselves after coming into contact with a person who t..
Austria has announced a ban on Italians entering the country unless they carry a medical certificate..
President Xi Jinping has visited Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, sending a message th..
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French President Emmanuel Macron warned ..
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Israel will impose a two-week quarantine on all travellers entering ..
Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures, which include a ban on public gatherings, to..
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The US has started withdrawing troops from Afghanistan..
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Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan, the epicentre of the cor..
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It's now been nine years since the ..
Authorities in the US state of California are preparing to disembark passengers aboard a virus-hit c..
Italy's coronavirus death toll has jumped by 97 to 463, as Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte descri..
Everyone arriving in Israel will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days to combat coronavirus, P..
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French Culture Minister Franck Riester h..
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Hundreds of thousands of women across Latin America's biggest c..
Older Americans, especially those with chronic medical concerns, should probably avoid big social ga..
Italy's government has pledged to further increase spending in a "massive shock therapy" to off..
Twitter has used its new "manipulated media" tag for the first time on an edited video of a speech b..
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Around 60 foreigners who were quarantined for weeks in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, have fin..
Four men go on trial in the Netherlands on Monday, in the first criminal case over the murder of 298..
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Oil plunged over 20 percent Monday after top exporter Saudi Arabia l..
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The number of people to have died from the coronavirus..
Marches to raise awareness of discrimination against women are taking place in cities around the wor..
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France on Sunday banned all gatherings o..
The brother of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and a former crown prince were ..
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At least four people are dead and 29 missing after a h..
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In Mexico, an average of ten women are v..
A fire has ripped through a refugee shelter on the Greek island of Lesbos as tensions over a surge i..
Italy's prime minister has said at least 16 million people are in mandatory quarantine in Lomba..
About 70 people are trapped after a hotel collapsed in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, officials say.
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Iran has confirmed almost 6,000 coronavirus infections and 145 deaths as the number of cases worldwi..
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French health officials on Saturday repo..
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About 30 people remained trapped early o..
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Saudi authorities have detained three pr..
US President Donald Trump has replaced his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, whose departure had..
New York, 6 March 2020: As the Syria conflict enters its tenth year, the UNs Under-Secretary-General..
Edirne- As the situation on the Turkey/EU border enters its second week IOM, with its partners, cont..
Berlin – A tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya last month and more than a dozen other recent fat..
FAO, IFAD and WFP mark International Womens Day
6 March 2020, Rome – The three United Nations’ Rome-..
October 16, 2002 – US President George W. Bush signs a congressional resolution authorizing him to g..
A US publishing house has cancelled plans to publish a memoir by Woody Allen, the award-winning film..
The death toll from the new coronavirus in Italy has risen to 197 after the largest daily increase i..
One of America's most famous music festivals, South by Southwest, has been cancelled due to cor..
Three senior members of Saudi Arabia's royal family, including the king's brother, have be..