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Palestinians say they staged a sit-in to fend off Israeli settlers keen on seizing the land [File: Mohamad Torokman/Reuters] A…

Tay was found dead on March 14 in a car park under her employers’ fourth floor home in Beirut [Al…

Most countries on the continent have put in place restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus [Rogan Ward/Reuters] Less…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhen asked about the scarcity of masks, Donald Trump suggested scarves as…

The coronavirus death toll in the UK rose by 563 in 24 hours, according to the health ministy, a record…

US President Donald Trump speaking during a news conference in the White House in Washington, DC, US [Tom Brenner/Reuters] US…

A body wrapped in plastic that was unloaded from a refrigerated truck is handled by medical workers wearing personal protective…

The head of the World Health Organisation says he is “deeply concerned” by the “rapid escalation” of the coronavirus pandemic.…

It has been a week since India began the world’s biggest lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. The country…

Filipino street dwellers rest in a restaurant that was turned into a makeshift evacuation centre in Quezon City, the Philippines…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on March 8, 2020 [File:…

The US-Taliban deal required the Afghan government to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners and for the group to release 1,000 pro-government…

Relatives carry the body of 13-year-old Yasin Hussein Moyo for burial who was shot and killed by a bullet in…

(CNN) — More than a dozen cruise ships remain stranded at sea right now — some with and some without…

Screengrabs of Twitter posts [Courtesy of @MasksForDocs, @uche_blackstock and @drdanchoi] Dr Ming Lin says they were reasonable requests. Set up…

Lazhar Chraiti, a legendary figure in Tunisia’s resistance to French colonial rule, was executed in 1963. More than 50 years…

Image copyright EPA Image caption There are fears coronavirus may be more widespread in Afghanistan than known Afghanistan has begun…

The coronavirus death toll in the UK has risen by 563 in the last 24 hours, a record jump that…

Clinton Kanu walks along the sandy roads of his neighbourhood in Enugu [Chika Oduah/Al Jazeera] Enugu, Nigeria – Each morning,…

Image copyright Wana via Reuters Image caption Iran is the worst-hit country in the Middle East Iran’s official death toll…