The European Union has asked Greece to move migrants most at risk of contracting the coronavirus from overcrowded camps on its Mediterranean islands, the EU’s top migration official told Reuters on Tuesday. Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said Athens had opposed moving the...

An immediate nationwide ceasefire is needed across Syria to enable an “all-out-effort” to stamp out the coronavirus and prevent it from ravaging a beleaguered population, the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday. Prisoners and millions of...

The number of coronavirus cases in Italy is probably 10 times higher than the official tally, the head of the agency collating the data said Tuesday as the government readied new measures to force people to stay at home. Italy has seen more fatalities than any other country, with latest...

 Forces from Yemen's Houthi movement Tuesday blocked a UN chartered ship carrying representatives of the internationally recognised government from leaving Hodeidah port, the government and a source familiar with the matter said. The ship was prevented from leaving for a second time by...