South Korea on Sunday reported 32 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,512.
The United States recorded 1,920 deaths related to the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of 8:30 pm on Saturday.
Germany will replace most ageing Tornado fighter-bomber jets in its air force fleet with Eurofighter aircraft but buy a share of the replacements from US manufacturer Boeing, media reported Friday.
Any premature lifting of restrictions imposed to control the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a fatal resurgence of the new coronavirus, the World Health Organisation warned Friday.
G20 energy ministers pledged to work together to ensure oil "market stability", in a statement released on Saturday after a virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia that did not mention production cuts.
The global coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 Friday as Easter celebrations around the world kicked off in near-empty churches with billions of people stuck indoors to halt the pandemic's deadly march.
Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter on Sunday celebrations held under a worldwide coronavirus lockdown.
Tentative signs of hope emerged on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic was peaking, as the European Union sealed a rescue package to help the hard-hit continent.
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration would present a plan this weekend to save the flagging airline industry, which is facing vastly reduced business as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Iraqi President Barham Saleh nominated spy chief Mustafa Kadhemi on Thursday as the country's third prime minister-designate this year, moments after his predecessor ended his bid to form a government.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the Security Council on Thursday to display unity as it met to discuss what he called the "fight of a generation" – the global coronavirus pandemic.
The story of a Malaysian man walking three days from Kota Kinabalu to his hometown of Kota Marudu located some 120km away with a dog as his companion, is getting much attention from internet users.
A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations warning of "devastating" consequences.
The Riyadh-led military coalition fighting Yemen's Huthi rebels has declared a two-week ceasefire in the country starting on Thursday in a bid to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Australian police have raided the coronavirus-stricken Ruby Princess cruise ship and seized its black box, they said on Thursday, as part of a homicide investigation after thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark in Sydney and 15 later died of the illness.
The United States saw nearly 2,000 coronavirus deaths for a second day running as the toll soared again in Europe, despite US President Donald Trump's insistence that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
International aid group Oxfam on Thursday urged world leaders to agree a comprehensive rescue package to muster some US$2.5 trillion needed to prevent half a billion more people being pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic.
The German government said on Tuesday that it will accept 50 minors from migrant camps on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios.
