Six killed in Canada’s worst-ever Mass shooting rampage

NOVASCOTIA: A gunman who drove a mock-up police car killed at least 16 people in an Atlantic Canada shooting rampage, federal police said Sunday,...

China mandates tests for key public workers leaving Wuhan

BEIJING: China ordered on Saturday that anyone in Wuhan working in certain service-related jobs must take a coronavirus test if they want to leave...

United States death toll crosses 36,773; confirmed cases surpass 700,000 mark

WASHINGTON: United States Coronavirus epidemic death toll crossed 36,773 on Friday and the country surpassed 700,000 mark of confirmed COVID-19 cases, said a report...

London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for ‘compulsory’ face masks

LONDON: London mayor Sadiq Khan has called wearing face mask compulsory for travelers as Londoners have been wearing masks for several weeks. "Wearing face masks...

Another Pakistani taxi driver loses his life to COVID-19

LONDON: Another Pakistani taxi driver has breathed last due to novel coronavirus in South London, becoming the second Pakistani taxi driver died of deadly...

COVID-19 claims 2,600 lives in US in last 24 hours, total deaths rise to...

WASHINGTON: COVID-19 claims about 2,600 lives in the United States of America during last 24 hours, a new record and the heaviest daily toll...

New Zealand premier, Cabinet slash own salaries by 20% as COVID-19 hits economy

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she and her Cabinet members, as well as top public servants, would be taking "a 20...
US envoy on Ukraine, named in Trump scandal, resigns: source

Trump cuts WHO funding over coronavirus pandemic

WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has said he would halt funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) over its handling of the coronavirus...

COVID-19 death toll be 15% higher than shown; British economy face 13% GDP fall

LONDON: COVID-19 pandemic death toll of United Kingdom (UK) could run some 15 per cent higher than official figures have indicated so far, according...

India extends lockdown to May 3 as coronavirus cases cross 10,000

NEW DELHI: India’s nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said...