Boko Haram militants kill nearly 100 Chadian soldiers in attack
Boko Haram militants killed nearly 100 Chadian soldiers and wounded dozens more in what President Idriss Deby described as the deadliest attack ever on the...
Turkey rounds up hundreds for social media posts about coronavirus
Turkey has arrested 410 people for making “provocative” posts on social media about the coronavirus outbreak, its interior minister said on Wednesday....
Zimbabwe customs officials walk out over coronavirus fears
Customs officials at Zimbabwe’s biggest airport stopped reporting for work on Wednesday, fearing exposure to coronavirus and a lack of measures to prevent its spread,...
German hospital body sees coronavirus infection rate slowing down next week
The coronavirus infection rate will likely slow down in Germany at the beginning to middle of next week, the head of the German hospital federation...
U.S. cybersecurity experts see recent spike in Chinese digital espionage
A U.S. cybersecurity firm said Wednesday it has detected a surge in new cyberspying by a suspected Chinese group dating back to late January, when...
Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus, symptoms ‘mild’
Prince Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus but is in good health and is now self isolating in...
Gunmen in Afghanistan kill 25 at Sikh complex, Islamic State claims responsibility
Gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, killing 25 people before security forces killed all...
Empty streets of India under lockdown
India woke up on Wednesday to a sweeping lockdown of its 1.3 billion people, one of the world’s most ambitious efforts to fight the coronavirus,...
Tokyo governor urges residents to stay at home at weekend
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday warned of an “overshoot” of coronavirus infections at the weekend and urged residents to stay indoors as much as...
Merkel is healthy and in constant contact with cabinet: spokesman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is well, in close contact with her cabinet and holding international talks from home, where she is self-quarantining after coming into...