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By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Chris Gallagher TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered a two-week quarantine for visitors from China and South Korea on Thursday and delayed a … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on all nations to hold Iran accountable for its nuclear commitments and said Tehran’s failure to report nuclear … Read More

By Ulf Laessing NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi hotel manager Badr al-Jilawi needs to think for a moment to remember when the last guest checked in to visit the holy … Read More

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged India on Thursday to “confront extremist Hindus” and “stop the massacre of Muslims”, adding to the international fallout over … Read More

BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai government on Thursday announces new compulsory quarantine measure for arrivals from four countries and two territories in a bid to contain the spread of the … Read More

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Three thousand camels have been walked out of Libya’s capital Tripoli in an overnight evacuation after the port where they arrived came under artillery fire. The camels … Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The number of patients infected with the coronavirus in the Netherlands has more than doubled to 82, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said on … Read More

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a letter expressing hope for South Korea to overcome a coronavirus outbreak, President Moon Jae-in’s office … Read More

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The leader of Ireland’s Fianna Fail told its fellow center-right rival Fine Gael on Thursday to decide whether or not to enter formal government negotiations after nearly … Read More

By Eric Knecht BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s crippling financial crisis could pose a grave threat to managing a coronavirus outbreak that has so far been kept in check but is … Read More