Potential COVID-19 vaccines being developed by two private research laboratories outside of Rome could enter into a testing phase as soon as in September, according to information from the two companies. ....

The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Turkey climbed to 98,674 on Wednesday and the death toll reached 2,376. Meanwhile, Iran confirmed 1,194 new cases, bringing the total number to 85,996. ....

The UK should not expect a "sudden" decline in the number of coronavirus cases and removing the restrictions too soon could lead to a second wave of cases, the government said as the toll crossed 18,000 on Wednesday. ....

US President Donald Trump has directed his administration to work on a plan to get funding to the oil and gas industries as a steep sell-off in oil futures continued. ....

France, which plans to unwind some restriction measures from May 11, registered 531 more coronavirus deaths on Tuesday as hospitalisation-related figures pursue a slow decline. ....

In a sudden twist, US President Donald Trump has announced that he was shutting the country to legal immigration temporarily through an executive order. ....

South Korea has seen no unusual signs with regard to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's health, government officials said here Tuesday, after an American media report said that Kim was "in grave danger after a surgery". ....

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan may go into self-quarantine after it emerged that he came in contact with an individual who tested positive for the novel coronavirus last week. ....

Pakistan has discreetly removed the names of around 4,000 terrorists from its watchlist, including that of one of the major planners of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup has revealed. ....

A man wearing a police uniform went on a shooting rampage in Canada's Nova Scotia province, killing 17 people, in the deadliest such attack in the country's history, officials said, adding that the suspected gunman was also dead. ....