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Britain moves to trying to delay coronavirus spread

By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is moving into the second of four phases in its (More…)

Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity ordered closed over coronavirus fears

By Mussa Qawasma

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – The Church of the Nativity was ordered closed on Thursday and foreign (More…)

Greece blocks 35,000 migrants, plans to deport arrivals after March 1

By Lefteris Papadimas and Bulent Usta

KASTANIES, Greece/EDIRNE, Turkey (Reuters) – Greece has repulsed nearly 35,000 migrants trying to cross (More…)

Trump says he will block U.S. funds to ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would withhold money from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions after a U.S. (More…)

South Korea declares new ‘special care zone’ as coronavirus spreads

By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea declared a “special care zone” on Thursday around a (More…)

California declares emergency over coronavirus as death toll rises in U.S

By Steve Gorman and Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 (More…)

U.S. coronavirus death toll rises; New York, Los Angeles region confirm new cases

By Steve Gorman and Laila Kearney

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two more people have died of the new coronavirus (More…)

Thousands wait for hospital beds in South Korea as coronavirus cases surge

By Josh Smith and Sangmi Cha

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as (More…)

FBI needs to do more to fight domestic extremist threats, watchdog says

By Andy Sullivan and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has not done enough to fight homegrown extremist threats (More…)

U.S. carries out air strike on Taliban, calls for halt to ‘needless attacks’

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Charlotte Greenfield

KABUL (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday carried out its first air (More…)