A hacking group which got access to secret data belonging to one of the premier media and entertainment law firms in the US representing top-notch celebrities has now threatened to reveal "dirty laundry" on President Donald Trump unless they are paid $42 million in a week. ....

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that people will have to mentally prepare themselves to "live with the virus" until there was a vaccine to treat COVID-19. ....

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the importance of stronger health systems and the investment in health for all people. ....

US President Donald Trump has said that he "could cut off the whole relationship" with China, in one of his strongest comments against Beijing in the wake of the Asian giant's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the media reported. ....

Russia has confirmed 10,598 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total tally to 262,843, the second highest in the world, according to the country's coronavirus response centre on Friday. ....

London could be "coronavirus free" by June, as new modelling has suggested that the UK capital was recording only 24 new cases a day, according to an analysis by the Cambridge University and Public Health England published on Friday. ....

Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province where the COVID-19 pandemic originated last December, will arrange nucleic acid tests for all residents who have not been tested before, in order to better know the number of asymptomatic cases of the novel coronavirus. ....

USA President Donald Trump has questioned the assessment of Anthony Fauci, a top infectious disease expert, on reopening the country's schools, a day after latter pleaded for caution in doing so. ....

The Bangladesh government has planned to extend the ongoing lockdown to May 30 as the daily rate of new coronavirus cases has continued to surge, it was reported. ....

Pakistan has reported a total of 34,337 COVID-19 cases, with 12,610 in Sindh, 5,021 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 2,158 in Balochistan, 475 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 759 in Islamabad, a health official said on Wednesday. ....