New Delhi has imposed a weeklong lockdown to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital’s health system amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases
Turkey's Health Ministry says there were 318 deaths due to COVID-19 over 24 hours, the highest daily count since the start of the pandemic
Pakistan has blocked access to all social media, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons they consider blasphemous
India’s two largest cities have imposed stringent restrictions on movement and one planned to use hotels and banquet halls to treat coronavirus patients
Iran has finalized a deal with Russia to purchase 60 million doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine
Turkey's leader has announced a partial lockdown during the first two weeks of Muslim month of Ramadan to curb COVID-19 infections as the number of daily infections hit a record
Muslims in many parts of the world are marking the start of Ramadan as coronavirus cases spike in some countries
