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Two police officers in a Paris suburb have been seriously injured after they were rammed by a car, apparently on purpose. The driver has been arrested and authorities are investigating the possibility it was a terrorist attack. A BMW drove into two mounted officers and proceeded to crush one of …

More than two million Australians have downloaded an app to trace contacts of COVID-19 patients hours after its release, the government said on Monday, as states set out plans to expand testing for the infection. Prime minister Scott Morrison has said more testing and widespread use of the CovidSafe phone …

Saudi authorities are reportedly seeking to produce a movie aimed at tarnishing the image of a dissident tribal activist, who was fatally shot earlier this month in the kingdom’s northwestern Tabuk region as he resisted leaving his home to allow construction of a controversial megacity project. Local sources told the …

The United Nations’ top human rights official has called on the Bangladeshi authorities to allow the disembarking of two stranded boatloads of starving Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled Myanmar by boats. In a letter to the Bangladesh government on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned …

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will send medical gear including protective suits and masks to the United States on Tuesday to help its efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak. “At a time when even developed countries are asking for Turkey’s support, we have offered our support to …

The state of New York on Monday canceled its presidential primary, which had already been delayed from late April to June 23, over concerns voting was an unnecessary risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With former Vice President Joe Biden the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, Douglas Kellner, one of two of …

White House pauses daily briefings after the US president on Thursday suggested injecting disinfectant to kill Covid-19 The White House canceled a planned Monday afternoon coronavirus task force briefing, the third consecutive day Donald Trump will not appear for what had become his daily – and chaotic – Covid-19 press …

A three-day curfew will be implemented in Turkey as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. The curfew from the 1st to the 4th of May will involve 31 cities. The curfew will follow a 4-day lockdown declared by the Turkish Interior Ministry in 31 cities due to …

More than 500 civilians killed and over 700 injured during the first three months of the year, according to UNAMA’s quarterly report. Violence surged in Afghanistan in the weeks after the United States and the Taliban signed a deal supposed to pave the way for a peace process, a UN …

Italy has outlined plans to ease the restrictions it imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the measures would be relaxed from 4 May, with people being allowed to visit their relatives in small numbers. Parks, factories, and building sites will …

The American naval coalition in the Gulf creates insecurity, the Iranian military said in a statement on Monday, according to the official IRNA news agency. “The false coalition from outside the region led by America disrupts regional order and security rather than help preserve stability and security in the region,” …

New York could begin reopening some manufacturing and construction projects in the state on 15 May following stringent quarantine measures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the expiration date for governor Andrew Cuomo’s statewide order that has shuttered nonessential business across New York as it became the global …

President Xi Jinping has taken steps to avoid a second wave of Covid-19 cases in the country China has closed gyms and swimming pools again over fears there could be a second wave of coronavirus in the country. Gyms in China were initially closed in January​ but had gradually reopened …

U.S. House Of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden for president, according to a video statement released by her on Monday. Pelosi’s endorsement of the Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president follows that of U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, former president Barack Obama and former …

Several civilians, some of them children, have been injured in an explosion in India’s state of Jammu and Kashmir, where security forces have been clashing with militants. The blast took place on Monday while local residents were clearing debris left by heavy fighting earlier in the day, local media reported, …

New Zealanders will be able to go fishing, surfing, hunting, and hiking this week for the first time in more than a month as the country begins to ease its way out of a strict lockdown. Around 400,000 people will return to work after the country shifts its alert level …

Iran’s Health Ministry says the country has recorded a two-digit rise in the number of new coronavirus cases for the first time in more than a month, which indicates the declining curve of the COVID-19 disease in the country. Kianoush Jahanpour, the head of the public relations and information center …

A baby girl and a three-year-old boy have been stabbed to death at a home in east London. The children were found injured at the house in Aldborough Road North, Ilford, at 5.30 pm on Sunday. A 40-year-old man was taken from the scene to hospital for treatment to knife …

Syrian air defenses have thwarted an Israeli aggression, and shot down a number of “hostile” missiles in the skies over the capital, Damascus, before reaching their targets. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said the aggression took place in the early hours of Monday, which left three civilians dead. …

A new report reveals that Saudi Arabia’s tourism industry could sustain a substantial loss of up to 45 percent this year as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Even though the ultra-conservative kingdom opened its doors to international tourists for the first time last September as part of a …