Argentina's President Alberto Fernández has said he will send a bill to legalise abortion to Congress within the next 10 days. Mr Fernández, who was sworn in as president in December, has previously described abortion as "a matter of public health". In Argentina, abortion is

The head of the religious sect that has been at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea has apologised to the nation for the disease's spread. Lee Man-hee, the leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, got on his knees and bowed at a news conference. About 60% of

China reported 202 new cases on Sunday in an outbreak of the coronavirus. Another 42 deaths were reported in mainland China, where the epidemic has been concentrated. The updates bring mainland China's totals to 80,026 cases and 2,912 deaths in the 24 hours. South Korea reported

Roman Catholic churches remained closed across South Korea on Sunday, as officials struggle with a coronavirus outbreak that has led to the cancellation of many public gatherings. The Catholic Church has an estimated 5,8m members in the country. Major Protestant groups have also

23 Bangladeshis, who are housed at a quarantine facility in India after they were evacuated from Wuhan in China, are not infected with COVID-19. Authorities confirmed the matter after testing their samples on Saturday (February 29). Earlier on Thursday (February 27), 23 Bangladeshis

China reported 575 new cases on Sunday in an outbreak of the coronavirus. Another 35 deaths were reported in mainland China, where the epidemic has been concentrated. The updates bring mainland China's totals to 79,826 cases and 2,870 deaths in the 24 hours. South Korea reported

Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as Malaysia's prime minister on Sunday, an hour after his predecessor and former ally, Mahathir Mohamad, claimed he was the one with enough support to form a government and would prove it with a vote in Parliament. "I am telling the public that I have

US officials and Taliban representatives have signed an agreement after months of negotiations in Qatar's capital that is aimed at ending the United States's longest war, fought in Afghanistan since 2001. Saturday's agreement, signed in Doha in the presence of leaders from

The US has reported the first death from the new coronavirus in the country, in the state of Washington. Officials said the patient was a man in his 50s with underlying health conditions. President Donald Trump said more cases were "likely" but that the US was prepared for any

The US and the Taliban have signed an agreement aimed at paving the way towards peace in Afghanistan after more than 18 years of conflict. The US and its Nato allies have agreed to withdraw all their troops from the country within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. US

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says 18,000 migrants have crossed Turkish borders into Europe after the country "opened the doors" for them to travel. The number is expected to hit 25,000 to 30,000 in the coming days, he said. Turkey could no longer deal with the amount of

Muhyiddin Yassin as the country’s new prime minister, dramatically upending expectations that the 94-year-old elder statesman Mahathir Mohamad would keep his job after cobbling together support at the eleventh hour following a fraught five days of leaderless turmoil and frantic

At least 30 people were killed and dozens others injured when a passenger train collided with a bus in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province on Friday night. According to local media reports the number of casualties was expected to rise as several of the injured were in critical

South Korea urged citizens on Saturday to stay indoors as it warned of a "critical moment" in its battle against the coronavirus after recording the biggest daily jump in infections, with 594 new cases taking the tally to 2,931. South Korea is grappling with the largest outbreak of the

Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad has said he has agreed to be the prime ministerial candidate for the former ruling coalition, less than a week after he quit and plunged the country into turmoil. "I am now confident that I have the numbers needed to garner majority support," Mahathir

China reported 428 new cases on Saturday in an outbreak of the coronavirus. Another 47 deaths were reported in mainland China, where the epidemic has been concentrated. The updates bring mainland China's totals to 79,252 cases and 2,835 deaths in the 24 hours. Also on Thursday,

Death toll in the Delhi violence has now gone up to 42. The Health Department has confirmed 4 more deaths on Friday. The death toll was 38 till Thursday and among them are an Intelligence Bureau jawan and a Delhi Police head constable. Violent clashes broke out in northeast Delhi on

Yasmin, a 35-year-old mother of three, clutched her blue-and-white prayer beads as she waited at a hospital mortuary to retrieve the battered body of her brother-in-law. A resident of a gritty New Delhi neighbourhood where working class Hindus and Muslims have lived side by side for

At least 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed in an air strike by Syrian "regime forces" in north-western Syria, a senior Turkish official has said. More were hurt in Idlib province, said Rahmi Dogan, the governor of Turkey's Hatay province. Other reports put the death toll higher.

Home Minister Amit Shah should be sacked for "abdicating" his duties and both the centre and Arvind Kejriwal's government in Delhi had been "mute spectators" to the clashes that had claimed at least 34 lives, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said today after meeting the President along