India has had relatively few confirmed cases of coronavirus – but there’s been plenty of misleading advice on how to tackle it. BBC News been fact-checking some of the most promi... Read more
US President Donald Trump has said the nationwide coronavirus emergency could last until the end of the summer or even longer. He said over the next 15 days, Americans should not gather in g... Read more
A Japanese man has been sentenced to death for a stabbing rampage in 2016 which resulted in the death of 19 disabled people at a care home. Satoshi Uematsu said people with disabilities who... Read more
Germany will “largely” shut its borders with France, Switzerland and Austria from Monday to stop coronavirus spreading, government sources say. Other EU states are also taking ra... Read more
Schools have been closed, sports events cancelled and cultural institutions shut around the world as countries try to stem the coronavirus outbreak. In the US, all major sport has been suspe... Read more
US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new travel restrictions on Europe in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. But he said the “strong but necessary” restri... Read more
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 fighter jet has crashed near a park in the capital Islamabad, killing the pilot. In a statement, the PAF said the aircraft was carrying out rehearsals for the... Read more
Two Russian pranksters claim they duped the Duke of Sussex into making comments about quitting the Royal Family. One of the pair, Alexey Stolyarov, told the BBC Prince Harry discussed variou... Read more
Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus. Ms Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she had taken all the advised precautions after findin... Read more
Joe Biden has cemented his position as a front-runner in the Democratic race to take on President Donald Trump in November’s White House election. The former vice-president won Michiga... Read more
President Xi Jinping has visited Wuhan, the centre of the Coronavirus outbreak, sending a message that Beijing has the situation under control. His visit comes as China records its lowest nu... Read more
Italy’s government has pledged to further increase spending in a “massive shock therapy” to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The country is strugglin... Read more
Shares in London have plummeted in early trading, with the FTSE 100 index of shares plunging 8% to its lowest level in three years. It comes after big falls in Asia, with Japan’s Nikke... Read more
The White House has acknowledged the nation does not have enough coronavirus test kits as cases of the disease ticked upwards on both US coasts. Vice-President Mike Pence said the Trump admi... Read more
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