Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asked regional governors to consider introducing a partial lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus after Russia Monday recorded its biggest one-day rise in cases for the sixth day in a row. Russia's official nationwide tally of coronavirus cases...

Iran's official coronavirus death toll reached 2,757 Monday and the number of infections crossed 40,000, as President Hassan Rouhani's political opponents slammed his response to the outbreak. The Islamic republic is one of the countries worst hit by the virus, which originated in China....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanese authorities have imposed complete isolation on refugee camps and a curfew on those residing in Lebanese cities, saying such precautionary measures would halt the Coronavirus spread while rights advocates see it as a clear discriminatory practice. Samir...

Inmates at a prison in Iran staged a riot on Sunday night over fears of a coronavirus outbreak at the facility, local media reported. According to Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), the protest broke out at 10 p.m. (1730GMT) in two sections of Adel Abad Prison in Iran’s...