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Registration for non-resident Keralites wishing to return begins 26 Apr 2020 - 05:40 pm
Peninsula
Iran says virus cases pass 90,000 26 Apr 2020 - 04:41 pm
Iranians wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, cross a street in the capital Tehran, on April 26, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Malta reports no new COVID-19 cases for first time since crisis began 26 Apr 2020 - 04:13 pm
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Dolphins reclaim Bosphorus as virus silences Istanbul 26 Apr 2020 - 03:18 pm
Dolphins swim in the straits of the Bosphorus where sea traffic has nearly come to a halt on April 25, 2020, as Turkish government announced a four-day curfew to prevent the spread of the epidemic COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus.  AFP / Ozan KOSE
Lebanon's top Christian cleric backs central bank governor as currency tumbles 26 Apr 2020 - 03:16 pm
Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh reacts after a news conference at Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Massive coronavirus-themed grass graffiti is unveiled in Swiss Alps 26 Apr 2020 - 02:09 pm
An artwork called
Children return to Spain's streets after 44 day 26 Apr 2020 - 01:19 pm
A girl plays in a fountain at the Guggenheim Museum, after restrictions were partially lifted for children for the first time in six weeks, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bilbao, Spain, April 26, 2020. REUTERS/Vincent West
Boris Johnson to return to work as UK virus deaths pass 20,000 26 Apr 2020 - 12:58 pm
Tributes to the NHS are seen in a window of 10 Downing Street, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to return to work on Monday after recovering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, April 26, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
China seizes over 89 million shoddy face masks 26 Apr 2020 - 12:52 pm
A worker wearing a protective suit counts masks at Naton Medical Group, a company which makes medical equipment in Beijing on April 24, 2020.  AFP / WANG ZHAO
Lightning kills at least 10 in India amid heavy rain 26 Apr 2020 - 12:50 pm
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Lagos says masks compulsory to stop virus 26 Apr 2020 - 12:44 pm
A billboard mounted at the Airport Road to campaign against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is seen in Ikeja in Lagos, on April 20, 2020. / AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Beijing bans 'uncivilised' behaviour to improve public hygiene 26 Apr 2020 - 12:35 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a man sits next to a fountain at the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park in Hong Kong. As Hong Kongers hunker down during the coronavirus pandemic, police have ramped up arrests of pro-democracy activists while Be
14 civilians killed in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan 26 Apr 2020 - 12:27 pm
Faryab province
US calls on Afghans to set aside disputes, focus on virus 26 Apr 2020 - 12:24 pm
An Afghan man reads the Koran on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kabul, Afghanistan April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
India's Modi urges citizens follow lockdown as coronavirus cases rise 26 Apr 2020 - 12:23 pm
Medical professionals issue modules to members of the media before getting tested for COVID-19 coronavirus as part of an ongoing nationwide screening for media professionals during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against t
China eases restrictions on exports of some coronavirus equipment 26 Apr 2020 - 12:14 pm
Two workers wearing protective suits check masks at Naton Medical Group, a company which makes medical equipment in Beijing on April 24, 2020. / AFP / WANG ZHAO
Satellite imagery finds likely Kim train amid health rumors 26 Apr 2020 - 12:12 pm
What is described by Washington-based North Korea monitoring project 38 North as a special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen in a satellite image with graphics taken over Wonsan, North Korea April 21, 2020.
Japan government weighing need to extend emergency, reports Say 26 Apr 2020 - 12:09 pm
People walk along a shopping street leading to Tsuruoka Hachimangu, a symbolic shrine in Kamakura on April 25, 2020, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI