Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus's crucifixion and burial, was ordered closed on Wednesday for a week, as a precaution against the coronavirus, church officials said. "The Church of the Holy Sepulchre will be closed from 5p.m. on...

The Palestinians reported their first death from the coronavirus on Wednesday, a woman in her 60s who lived in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "The woman had experienced symptoms and was later hospitalised" before succumbing to the illness, said Ibrahim Melhem, a spokesman for the...

Iran may face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, a government spokesman said Wednesday, as the Islamic Republic banned internal travel and traditional gatherings in parks during the Persian New Year holiday period. "Unfortunately some Iranians have ignored advice from health...

A 40-year-old Norwegian citizen of Iranian descent has been charged with helping an unnamed Iranian intelligence service carry out a plot on Danish soil to kill an Iranian opposition activist, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Prosecutor Lise-Lotte Nilas said the man, who was not identified, is...