NDMA gets $50 million financing to fight coronavirus
ISLAMABAD: On the directives of Prime Minister of Pakistan, the Board of National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) has approved grant financing of US$ 50 Million to National Disaster…
Prince Charles tests positive for Coronavirus
LONDON: Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus and is displaying mild symptoms, a Clarence House spokesman said.
“The Prince of Wales has tested positive for Coronavirus," the…
Gun sales explode in US over fears of social unrest
Gun sales have exploded in the United States in the last two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, with people stocking up on weapons and ammunition out of fear the pandemic might lead…
Pakistan condemns terrorist attack on Kabul Gurdwara
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned the heinous terrorist attack on a Gurdwara in Kabul, that has resulted in the loss of precious lives and injuries to several worshippers.
"Such…
Coronavirus: One third of world under orders to stay indoors
India's billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as US politicians agreed to spend $2 trillion to…
Coronavirus: 39 test positive in Mardan village
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra has announced that 39 people tested positive for coronavirus in a village in Mardan district of the province.
The village was…
Gunmen storm Sikh-Hindu temple in ongoing Kabul assault
Gunmen stormed a Sikh-Hindu temple in central Kabul on Wednesday and were locked in an ongoing battle with security forces, an official said, in the latest assault on the Afghan capital.
The…
Modi orders 21-day India lockdown as coronavirus spreads
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a 21-day lockdown of the world’s second most populous country on Tuesday, following China’s example to halt the spread of coronavirus that has…
Britain asks public to respect coronavirus lockdown
Britain's leaders on Tuesday urged people to respect an unprecedented countrywide lockdown, saying that following advice to stay at home would stop people dying of coronavirus.
"Unless…
Tokyo Olympics Postponed Over Coronavirus Pandemic
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.…
Troops deployed in Pakistan to combat coronavirus as cases near 900
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar says it is time to take hard decisions at common, individual and societal level as the outbreak of coronavirus could be…
Spanish soldiers find bodies in retirement homes
Spanish soldiers deployed to help fight the new coronavirus outbreak have found elderly patients abandoned, and sometimes dead, at retirement homes, as an ice rink inside a Madrid shopping…
Iran reports 127 new coronavirus deaths
Iran on Monday announced 127 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the official toll to 1,812 in one of the worst hit countries along with Italy, Spain and China.
Health ministry…
Pompeo visits Kabul amid multiple crises
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, a pool report said, amid an ongoing political crisis, a raging Taliban insurgency and rising coronavirus…
India to ground domestic passenger flights because of virus
India will ground all domestic passenger flights from Wednesday to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government said, as more states ordered lockdowns.
India has already…