Virus Outbreak Iraq

VIRUS DIARY: `Father, why don't they stay home like we do?'

One writer, based in Afghanistan's capital, watches as his three kids go up to the roof of their apartment building and look down at the streets

With test results lost, an Afghan family fell to virus

Dr. Yousuf Aryubi's family assumed they just had a bad cold, as one after another, they came down with fevers and coughs — all because one of the Afghan capital's main hospitals never told them the results of Dr. Aryubi's coronavirus test

Sri Lanka in quandary over holding elections amid virus

Sri Lanka’s election commission is meeting with government officials to discuss ways to avoid a possible constitutional crisis if the country fails to hold parliamentary elections before a mandated deadline of June 2 because of the coronavirus

Iran opens up as economic woes trump virus infection fears

Iran has begun opening intercity highways and major shopping centers to stimulate its sanctions-choked economy

India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased

India has recorded its biggest single-day spike in the number of coronavirus cases as the nationwide lockdown eases to restart some manufacturing and agriculture

Virus Outbreak Afghanistan Ramadan

Pakistan says militant attack in northwest kills soldier

Pakistan's military says militants attacked a security post in a former Taliban stronghold in the country's northwest, triggering a shootout that left a soldier dead

Iraq lifts Reuters news agency suspension over virus report

The Reuters news agency says Iraq is allowing its reporters to go back to work after suspending the agency's license earlier this month

Erdogan, Trump agree on 'close cooperation' in virus crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump have spoken on the phone, discussing the coronavirus pandemic, bilateral relations and regional developments