The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the new coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency after the death toll in China rose to 170 , with more than 7,800 cases confirmed in almost 20 countries. ....

US officials say they have discovered the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the border with Mexico, a media report said. ....

Following the spread of the novel coronavirus epidemic to all the regions of China, New Delhi has been in consultation with the Chinese authorities about the evacuation of Indian nationals trapped in Wuhan city, the epicentre of the outbreak. ....

Late Wednesday, 10 terrorists, 2 security personnel killed in 2 separate operationsnight, security forces conducted two separate operations in different areas of Pakistan and killed 10 terrorists, a media report said quoted local media and security sources on Thursday. ....

Floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall in southeast Brazil's Minas Gerais have lead to displacement of more than 30,000 people. 54 people have died, while 18 have been reported missing, the authorities said. ....

The death toll in China from the new coronavirus leaped to 170 on Thursday, with 7,711 confirmed cases, as repatriation flights for foreign nationals continued. ....

Air India has kept a 423-seater jumbo plane ready in Mumbai to evacuate Indian citizens stuck in China's Wuhan city due to the coronavirus outbreak. ....

Chinese health authorities on Wednesday said that the death toll due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in the country has soared to 132, with 5,974 confirmed cases in 31 provincial-level regions. ....

Goa's first coronavirus suspect, a middle-aged Serbian national had arrived in India after visiting a Chinese city, nearly 750 km from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus. On Tuesday, he was quarantined at the newly created isolation ward of a top government facility, an official said. ....

Investigators have recovered all of the nine bodies and key pieces of evidence from the scene of the helicopter crash which killed retired NBA star Kobe Bryant and eight others on Sunday in Los Angeles. ....