Assad’s forces make advances, further securing Aleppo region
ALBERT AJI and SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian troops have made significant advances against the last rebel held enclaves in the...
Home quarantine for travelers buys time as new virus spreads
CARLA K. JOHNSON
AP Medical Writer
On his return from China last week, Dr. Ian Lipkin quarantined himself in his basement. His wife now puts...
Iran’s president: Trump doesn’t want war ahead of 2020 vote
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that he doesn't believe the U.S. will pursue war with his country, because it...
Turkey, Russia to discuss grave situation in Syria’s Idlib
GEIR MOULSON
Associated Press
MUNICH (AP) — A Turkish delegation will travel to Russia on Monday to discuss the situation in Syria's Idlib province amid...
New virus cases fall; WHO says China bought the world time
YANAN WANG
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases Saturday while the head of the World...
South Sudan ignores reports on oil pollution, birth defects
SAM MEDNICK
Associated Press
PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste...
Fear, boredom, adventure fill each day on quarantined ship
FOSTER KLUG
Associated Press
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Fear. Surprising moments of levity. Soul-crushing boredom.
Life on the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship quarantined in a...
2 Russians flee virus quarantine, in dismay at hospitals
JIM HEINTZ and DARIA LITVINOVA
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — One patient jumped out of a hospital window to escape her quarantine and another managed...
China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000
JOE McDONALD
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — The daily death toll in China from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the...
Hospitals cut services as worried Hong Kong has 1st death
KEN MORITSUGU
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong hospitals cut services as medical workers were striking for a second day Tuesday to demand the...