90-year-old Frenchman has recovered from COVID-19. Henri Marchi and his wife were cured of the virus spreading worldwide. Henri had not suffered from any chronic diseases throughout his life... Read more

Here is more on the story that the government has written to local authorities in England asking them to house all people sleeping rough, and those in hostels and night shelters, by the week... Read more

The Iranian military has set up a 2,000-bed hospital in an exhibition center in the capital to shore up the local health care system as it battles the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middl... Read more

An 84-year-old man has become the first British prisoner to die after contracting coronavirus. The inmate, at HMP Littlehey, a category C male sex offenders’ prison in Cambridgeshire, died i... Read more

The World Health Organisation says it encouraged by the lower rate of new infection in Italy. Its regional director, Hans Kluge, said: “While the situation remains very serious, we are start... Read more

Libya has announced its first coronavirus case, reports my colleague Akhtar Mohammad Makoii in Herat. The health minister of the UN-recognized government in Libya announced the first patient... Read more

The United Arab Emirates will allow all food retail outlets, including cooperative societies, grocery stores, supermarkets and pharmacies are permitted to remain open 24/7 while not exceedin... Read more

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit off Russia’s Kuril Islands on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami warning that was later cancelled. The quake hit at a depth of 59km... Read more

  COVID-19 is attacking nearly 1 of every 1,000 persons in the New York metro area of New Jersey, New York City and parts of Long Island. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the U.S. coronavir... Read more

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order making it a crime to excessively stockpile personal protective equipment that is needed by medical personnel fighting the coronavirus pan... Read more

  The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) held its 13th General assembly on Sunday 1 March 2020 in Sydney, at the Imams Office in Victoria – Malbour, chaired by Shadi Suleima... Read more

Kenny Rogers, the Grammy award-winning country music icon, has died aged 81. Rogers “passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family... Read more

The Dutch military is stepping in to help transfer coronavirus patients from the hardest-hit region in the Netherlands to hospitals elsewhere in the country. Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld t... Read more

The man accused of shooting dead four people and injuring several more after he opened fire on a tram in Utrecht a year ago has been jailed for life. Turkish-born Gokmen Tanis, 38, had shown... Read more