In the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, filmmaker Mohammed Arafat has been making public safety videos to warn about the dangers of coronavirus.

The heads of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on Friday underscored the need to provide debt relief to poorer countries hit by the coronavirus pandemic, and said official bilateral credi

Coronavirus has infected more than half a million people and killed 20,000, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (March 27) as he appealed again for protective gear for medic

Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies pledged on Thursday (March 26) to inject $5 trillion in fiscal spending into the global economy to blunt the economic impact of the coronavirus and “do whate

Countries that have locked down their populations to prevent the spread of coronavirus need to put a premium on finding new cases and doing everything they can “to suppress and control” the virus, the

The fast-spreading coronavirus has forced the US military to restrict the movement of thousands of personnel in the regions overseas most exposed to the virus: Asia, Europe and the Middle East, US mil

Japan and the Olympics movement decided on Tuesday (March 24) to delay this year’s Tokyo Games into 2021 as the coronavirus crisis obliterated the world’s last major imminent sporting event.

A dozen countries in the Middle East and Central Asia have asked the International Monetary Fund for financial support in dealing with the coronavirus, and the Kyrgyz Republic is likely to receive the

Countries can’t simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Sunday (March 22), adding that public health measures are needed to

Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oilseeds in key exporting nations, a senior

Coronavirus can sicken or kill young people, who must also avoid mingling and spreading it to older and more vulnerable people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (March 20).

The world’s richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday (March 19) as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicenter Europe, with the number of deaths in Italy outst

Oil prices fell for a third session on Wednesday with US crude futures tumbling to an 18-year low as travel and social lockdowns sparked by the coronavirus epidemic knocked the outlook for demand.

The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday (March 16) to ramp up their testing programs as the best way to slow the advance of the coronavirus pandemic, and also urged companies t

Bars, restaurants, theaters, and movie houses in New York and Los Angeles were ordered to shut down and several nations in South and Central America closed their borders in the latest moves around the

Countries around the world on Saturday continued to close borders, impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings in efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus

President Donald Trump declared a US national emergency over the quickly spreading coronavirus on Friday (March 13), opening the door to more government aid to combat a pathogen that has infected more

Governments and central banks readied more emergency measures to tackle the economic impacts of the coronavirus on Friday (March 13) as Asian markets suffered their worst weekly crashes since the 2008

US President Donald Trump said the United States will suspend all passenger travel from continental Europe on Friday (March 11) to limit the spread of the coronavirus after the outbreak was formally d

The World Health Organization is describing the new coronavirus as a pandemic, it said on Wednesday (March 11), adding that Italy and Iran were now in the frontline of the disease and other countries