Asian shares have bounced back after last week’s loses, with mainland Chinese benchmarks gaining 3% while Japan and Hong Kong also rose.
Stocks have been...
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK leapt to 35 after 12 new patients were identified in England.
Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris...
Japanese sumo wrestling is the latest sport to be affected by fears over the new coronavirus outbreak.
On Sunday, national broadcaster NHK reported that officials...
Iran’s Health Ministry has raised the death toll from the coronavirus to 54 as the number of people infected soared to 978.
Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour...
Afghanistan’s president has said he will not free thousands of Taliban prisoners ahead of all-Afghan power-sharing talks set for next week.
Ashraf Ghani said he...
The United States has signed a peace agreement with the Taliban aimed at ending America’s longest war and bringing troops home from Afghanistan.
The historic...
At least 13,000 people have been massed at Turkey’s border with Greece after Turkey’s president officially declared its western borders open to migrants and...
