Muslims pray during the first Friday prayer of Ramadan in an alley in Jerusalem's Old City amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions on April 24. (REUTERS Photo)
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A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland on February 6, 2020. (REUT
Messages of support are seen on a wall at the Hospital Clinic Barcelona as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Barcelona, Spain on April 23. (REUTERS Photo)
MADRID, Apr
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to lead the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, US on April 23, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. (IANS File Photo)
MANILA, APRIL 24 (IANS): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday announced the extension of the strict lockdown measure
Pak COVID-19 cases surpass 800. (IANS Photo)
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 24 (IANS): At least 253 healthcare providers and medical workers have been infected with coronavirus in Pakistan so far,
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro leaves Alvorada Palace, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil on April 20, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 24 (Reu
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria on September 9, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
LONDON, April 24 (Reuters): The Un
People queue to pick up fresh food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank giveaway of 2,000 boxes of groceries, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, US on 
China's Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a joint news conference at the 8th trilateral leaders' meeting between China, South Korea and Japan in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province on December 24, 201
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wears a face mask as she walks to the House Chamber ahead of a vote on an additional economic stimulus package passed earlier in the week by the U.S. Senate, on Cap
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during his inauguration as president, in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 9, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
KABUL, April 24 (Reuters): The Taliban have
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo attends an ASEAN leaders summit with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in Bangkok, Thailand on November 3, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
JAKARTA, Apr
People wearing face masks to protect against contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), sit in a bookstore in central Seoul, South Korea on April 21, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
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Seoul, April 24 (IANS) North Korean media outlets have remained quiet on leader Kim Jong-un's whereabouts without putting out any reports on his public activity amid persisting speculation over his health.
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Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) As the number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan has increased to 11,155 with 237 deaths, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has revealed that 79 per cent of t
A medical staff member, wearing protective suit and face mask, works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-De
Tehran, April 24 (IANS) Iranian officials have downplayed the recent US threats and vowed to respond if the security of Iranian territory was at stake.
US President Donald Trump had said on Wednesday that he
United Nations, April 24 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the need to protect human rights in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health
New York, April 24 (IANS) New York, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, has seen 13.9 per cent positive results in the state's antibody tests, which means around 2.7 million people could be inf