China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to contain an illness that has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41. President Xi Jinping's remarks,...

France is planning to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus epidemic, the French Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. A statement on the official webpage of the French consulate in Wuhan said that France was “considering … setting up...

China is scrambling to build a 1,000-bed hospital in just 10 days as authorities grapple with the spiralling outbreak of a virus that has left at least 41 dead, and infected hundreds of others. The mobile facility in the central city of Wuhan, birthplace of the Coronavirus epidemic, is...

Iran condemned Saturday what it called the "illegal and inhuman" treatment of its nationals by U.S. border security officers, after reports a student was deported despite having a valid visa. "Such absolutely discriminatory measures that only happen over people's race, nationality or...