Paris, The iconic Louvre museum in Paris reopened on Monday after its closure nearly four months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Masks are compulsory, a one-way system is in place and numbers of visitors will be controlled, reports the BBC.

There will also be a spaced queue to view Leonardo Da

San Francisco, Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp and its closest rival Telegram on Monday said they will not process official requests from the Hong Kong authorities to hand over user data for the time being, in the wake of China imposing a controversial new National Security Law in Hong Kong.

According to a repor

Washington, Launching another scathing attack on China, US President Donald Trump on Monday blamed China for causing "great damage" to the United States and across the globe due to the coronavirus crisis.

"China has caused great damage to the United States and the rest of the world!" Trump twee

Bali, Indonesia's resort island of Bali will allow international tourists to visit from September 11 after being closed to visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was reported on Monday.

The island held a mass prayer on Sunday to ask for permission and protection from the Hindu God at the sacred Besakih Temp

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Monday announced a series of measures to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during the annual Haj pilgtimage scheduled to take place later this month.

The Kingdom will limit the number of domestic attendees to around 1,000 and touching the Kaaba, Islam's most sacred monume

London, Thirteen UK universities face "a very real prospect" of insolvency following the coronavirus crisis unless they receive a government bailout, a study has suggestsed.

High-ranking universities with large numbers of international students face the largest immediate drop in income, the BBC quot

Beijing, With Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the forward areas in Ladakh over the weekend coupled with sustained diplomatic pressure, the India-China border face-off appears to have reached some sort of settlement. This disclosure comes day after a disengagement process began in three of the four friction points along the

San Francisco, A brush fire in California's Santa Clara County has been half contained, according to Cal Fire officials.

On Sunday, Cal Fire officials said the blaze, called Park Fire, had torched 343 acres in the east of Morgan Hill of Bay Area's Santa Clara County, reports Xinhua news agency.