Since early March, the pandemic of the novel coronavirus has killed 28,530 people in France, while the numbers of patients in hospitals and in intensive care units continue to drop, according to data released by the Health Ministry. ....

A further 78 coronavirus patients have died in Italy, bringing the country's toll to 32,955, out of total infection cases of 230,555. ....

China on Tuesday downplayed the much-publicised evacuation of its citizens from India in the backdrop of the border tension between both the countries. ....

The overall number of global coronavirus cases on Tuesday surpassed the 5.5 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 346,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ....

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Director-General, said that a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on COVID-19 patients has come to "a temporary pause", while the safety data of the the anti-malaria drug was being reviewed. ....

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed primary schools will open on June 1 and secondary schools will "provide some contact" from June 15 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ....

On Sunday, on the occasion of Eid, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited the Line of Control in Puna Sector and as is his wont raked up Kashmir once again. This visit comes against the backdrop of Indian security forces killing Pakistan sponsored proxies by the dozens and keeping the security grid fortified. ....

South America has become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). ....

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany accidentally revealed President Donald Trump's private bank account and routing numbers while holding up a cheque he made out to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), it was reported on Saturday. ....

Pakistan's Sindh government on Saturday confirmed that 97 bodies were recovered from the debris of the plane crash that took place a day earlier in a residential area in Karachi near the city's airport. ....