Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Thursday requested his counterparts to help people from Odisha stranded in various parts of the country amid the Covid-19 lockdown.

Writing to the Chief Ministers, Patnaik urged them to provide the stranded people food, accommodation and security. The Odish

Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and his wife Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah will undergo a 14-day quarantine after several palace employees were tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the national palace said on Thursday.

Abdullah and Azizah had themselves tested negati

Seoul,  Officials of two key departments at North Korea's ruling Workers' Party visited a western military unit to congratulate soldiers after they won a recent artillery fire competition overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, state media reported on Thursday.

The rarw group visit to the artillery battalion

Seoul,  South Korea on Thursday declared a no-tolerance stance toward those who violate self-isolation rules due to the coronavirus pandemic, warning that violators will face legal punishment or deportation.

The government issued the strong warning as some arrivals from Europe and the US have not abided

Washington, Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran 13 years ago, has died in custody there, a media report quoted a statement from his family as saying.

Levinson, the longest-held hostage in US history, disappeared in 2007 on the Iranian island of Kish, the

London,  UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak will on Thursday unveil a package of support to self-employed workers facing financial difficulties due to the coronavirus pandmic.

The Indian-origin Chancellor had set out plans for 80 per cent wage subsidies for staff kept on by employers last week and Prime Minister Boris

Colombo,  Sri Lanka will allow chartered flights from any country to land here and to fly out their nationals who are currently in the island nation on a holiday or work on request, an official statement said on Thursday.

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority statement said that as of Wednesday, there w

London,  UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has called for the country's borders to be closed in order to stop people arriving from coronavirus hotspots in an effort to halt the pandemic from further spreading, a media report said on Thursday.

Patel was seeking support for her plans to stop passengers bei

Islamabad,  The number of confirmed cases in Pakistan has increased to 1,041 as of Thursday, while the death toll was recorded at eight, according to authorities.

The cases were reported in Sindh 414; Balochistan 115; Punjab 296; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 121; 84 Gilgit-Baltistan; Islamabad 15; and one in Pakis