The United States called on the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the novel coronavirus, as well as its own handling of the response to the pandemic.

US urges WHO to start review of coronavirus pandemic response, seeks reforms

Anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which US President Donald Trump has touted as an effective COVID-19 treatment, is tied to an increased risk of death in patients, according to a study published in medical journal Lancet.

HCQ, backed by Trump as COVID-19 treatment, tied to increased risk of death: Study

Beijing is set to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong in the aftermath of last year's violent anti-China unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since returning to Chinese rule in 1997.

Decoding the new national security law China is set to impose on Hong Kong

The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in over a decade -- Cyclone Amphan -- has killed at least 82 people. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Amphan made landfall helped in saving countless lives, but the full extent of the casualties and damage will only be known once communications are restored, officials said.

Cyclone Amphan kills 82 in India and Bangladesh, flooding lowlands

Oxford University and AstraZeneca have planned to recruit around 10,000 adults and children in Britain for trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a day after receiving US backing worth up to $1.

Human trials of British coronavirus vaccine, backed by US, to reach 10,000

Mosques will remain closed for prayers on the Eid Al-Fitr festival in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates in view to call on the population to adhere to safety guidelines to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Mosques in Saudi Arabia, UAE to remain closed for Eid prayers

A senior officer working at Rail Bhavan has tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the third such case in the building which is the headquarters of the Indian Railways.

Senior railway official tests positive for coronavirus; third case at Rail Bhavan

The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday that they had forgiven the men who murdered their father in October, 2018. This has cleared the way for a legal reprieve for five defendants sentenced to death for the killing.

Khashoggi's family forgives killers, paving way to legal reprieve

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) envoys are set to discuss the future of the Open Skies treaty on Friday after the United States announced it would quit the 35-nation pact.

NATO to discuss Open Skies treaty after US announces withdrawal

The State Department is asking all US-based employees of Chinese state TV network CGTN to share personal details. The United States had earlier this year marked five Chinese state media outlets, including CGTN, as Foreign Missions -- as extensions of Beijing's government and requiring them to comply with the same rules that govern foreign embassies and consulates.

US asks nation-based employees of Chinese state media to share personal details

Volkswagen has apologised for and pulled a social media ad for a new car after an outcry over its racist overtones. The ten-second spot posted on Instagram and Twitter shows a massive white hand pushing a black man away from a new yellow Volkswagen Golf 8 parked on the street, before flicking him into a restaurant called Petit Colon, which translates from French as the Little Colonist or Little Settler.

Volkswagen apologises for car ad with racist overtones

India on Wednesday asked Nepal to not resort to any "artificial enlargement" of its territorial claim after the neighbouring country came up with a new political map showing Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani as its territory.

India calls Nepal's new map unjustified cartographic assertion

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