Iran's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 4,585, with 111 more overnight, a health ministry official said Monday, adding the total number of infected cases had reached 73,303 in the most-affected Middle Eastern country On Sunday, the government lifted a ban on travel...

With blunt warnings, flip-charts and daily online briefings, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been delivering a tough message to the Japanese capital’s residents and shops: stay home and shut down to avert an explosive outbreak of the coronavirus. Koike, 67, was once floated as a future...

Spring is not turning out the way Russian President Vladimir Putin might have planned it. A nationwide vote on April 22 was supposed to finalize sweeping constitutional reforms that would allow him to stay in power until 2036, if he wished. But after the coronavirus spread in Russia, that...

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu resigned late Sunday, taking responsibility for a poorly timed announcement of a weekend coronavirus curfew that prompted thousands of people to rush into the streets. Soylu is one of the most senior figures in Turkish President Recep Tayyip...