Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday lockdown orders would be issued unless people stepped up compliance with guidelines urging them to stay at home to help halt the spread of the coronavirus. “Yesterday we gave clear instructions ... asking people to stay at home as much...

Germany is facing its biggest challenge "since the Second World War" in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a television address urging citizens to heed sweeping confinement measures. In a dramatic appeal, Merkel urged everyone to play a part in...

Hunched over sewing machines in a long abandoned factory in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, 20 women stitch face masks as a country ravaged by war, hunger and disease prepares for the arrival of a new epidemic. COVID-19 has yet to be documented in Yemen, but Abdel Ilah, who manages the factory...

The global tennis calendar has been thrown into further chaos after a decision by French Open organizers to postpone the Grand Slam, with players and rival tournaments critical of the apparently unilateral move. The event at Roland Garros, traditionally the second major of the season, was...