Coalition fighting Houthis says move partly in response to UN calls for a halt in hostilities amid coronavirus pandemic.
The United States enters what is expected to be its deadliest week in its fight against the novel coronavirus.
Chinese city, where coronavirus pandemic is reported to have begun, has ended its more-than two-month lockdown.
Officials say COVID-19 cases could peak in Washington, DC, in May or June as city fights to enforce social distancing.
Brazil's capital has some 24,000 homeless people who face significant risks from their lack of access to proper hygiene.
Tedros urges US, China to unite in fight against coronavirus pandemic after Trump threatened to review US funding.
It has been a decade since Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was overthrown in a power struggle and dozens died when protesters stormed the presidential palace.
A group of private pharmaceutical companies and Cambridge University will produce 30,000 tests a day, said officials.
Move announced as 'measures to prevent spread of the pandemic' after emirate reports 2,659 infections and 12 deaths.
The move leaves former Vice President Joe Biden as likely 2020 Democratic nominee.
A second defendant pleads not guilty to the counts of manslaughter.
Despite coronavirus pandemic, administration continues its purge of 'disployal' government players.
Streets in the city of 11 million people were clogged and long queues seen at the airport, train and bus stations.
Bangladesh's southern district hosts more than a million Rohingya in squalid camps after fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
Syrian gov't forces dropped chlorine and sarin gas in series of attacks in March 2017 in Hama, new report finds.
In country hosting most refugees in Africa, support for refugee-led groups and local leaders is key amid COVID-19 fight.
Critics warn privacy, civil liberties may be at risk as govt's turn to tech volunteers, companies in COVID-19 responses.
Preliminary data highlights inequalities in health and access to medical care.
Like many other nations in Africa, Rwanda is struggling to keep up with testing to contain the pandemic.
On top of their physical wellbeing, there are concerns over whether they can cope with the mental trauma stemming from the gruelling work.
New aerial surveys of Australia's Great Barrier Reef show unprecedented levels of coral bleaching.
Navajo authorities set to beef up coronavirus restrictions as US aid trickles into tribal lands facing food insecurity.
Many pilgrims among Iraq's Shia majority perform annual Shaabaniya pilgrimage to Karbala remotely, to curb virus.
Indian leader faces backlash for creating a new relief fund when about $500m is lying unspent in an old one.
Hundreds of undocumented migrants remain detained and at risk in crowded centres across the northeast Indian state.