The overall death toll in China due to the novel coronavirus increased to 3,012 with a total of 80,409 confirmed cases on Thursday, even as the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak in the mainland, has continued strict measures in an effort to curb the virus from spreading any further. ....

US President Donald Trump said that it has been "weeks" since he touched his face as a precaution against the coronavirus epidemic and that it was something that he "misses". ....

Sharing data from cases in South Korea and Italy, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx said that nobody in South Korea under 30 years had died from COVID-19. ....

The US forces in Afghanistan conducted a defensive airstrike in support of Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province on Wednesday, the first raid after a US-Taliban deal was signed. ....

At least 12 Afghan soldiers and seven policemen were feared killed in Taliban insurgents' overnight attacks in two provinces, authorities said on Wednesday. ....

The World Bank has committed $12 billion in aid for developing countries grappling with the spread of the coronavirus. ....

At least 25 people were killed, several are missing and an as yet undetermined number were injured in the multiple tornados that touched down early in the state of Tennessee, according to state authorities, as cited by local and national media. ....

Chinese health authority on Wednesday said it received reports of 119 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and 38 deaths on Tuesday on the Chinese mainland. ....

Twitter has told its 5,000-strong workforce globally to work from home - making it mandatory for employees based in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea offices - as new coronavirus (COVID-19) spread in new territories. ....

The death toll in China has risen to 2,945, authorities said on Tuesday, while the number of confirmed cases has reached 80,151. On the other hand, the number of coronavirus cases in the US has increased to 91, up from just 60 cases a day ago, with six fatalities, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ....