Today's Date

Health officials said the man, from the east of Ireland, was "receiving appropriate medical care" after they followed "established protocols" in testing and diagnosing him with COVID-19. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VzsiWH

Malaysia's Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday by the king, after a week of political chaos sparked by the resignation of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad. ​The 72-year-old Muhyiddin, interior minister in the government that collapsed last Monday, becomes the Southeast Asian nation's eighth premier. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2uLjUs6

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cjGqch

The first fatality from the novel coronavirus has been confirmed on US soil, a woman in her late 50s who was "medically high-risk," President Trump said Saturday, as he urged Americans not to panic. ​​​​​Health officials said the woman in Washington state was one of a handful with no known links to global hot zones to have contracted the virus - indicating that the pathogen was now likely spreading in communities. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T8dGf7

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cmHdJs

US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar signed the peace deal deal in Doha, Qatar. The deal could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soilders form Afghanistan over the next 14 months, in return for a commitment by the Taliban to refuse sanctuary to jihadist groups such as al-Qaida . from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wh9HE2

An agreement has been reached with the Taliban that secures important commitments that are necessary to finally end the conflict in Afghanistan. While work remains, this progress provides a historic opportunity for peace, the White House said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T7KkgS

Speaking after the signing ceremony in Qatar, Pompeo said he is still angry about the September 11, 2001 attacks that were planned in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. He says the US will not "squander" what its soldiers "have won through blood, sweat and tears." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IahVQU

Afghans expressed unease and cautious hope about a historic deal signed Saturday that aims to have all foreign forces leave Afghanistan within 14 months in exchange for Taliban guarantees, with many people doubting the insurgents' intentions. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3873yrf

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2uJQOt6

Singapore on Saturday confirmed four new cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of cases to 102, according to the nation's health ministry. The new cases, which include a domestic worker from the Philippines, were all linked to the Wizlearn Technologies cluster, a technology hub here, Channel News Asia quoted a statement from the health ministry as saying. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T9Y9LR

Now, after an 18-year war, the possibility of peace has emerged as the United States and the Taliban signed a peace deal Saturday, one that could offer a glimmer of hope to war-weary Afghans. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2weRrev

"We will swiftly compile a second emergency package" by using reserve funds worth more than 270 billion yen ($2.5 billion) in around 10 days, Abe told a news conference. In mid-February the government set aside an initial 15.3 billion yen for the fight against the virus, including money to boost testing, strengthen inspections at borders and support manufacturers of face masks from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38djW9E

"The issue of coronavirus is something that is now the government's top priority," he told broadcasters in his first statement on the disease, adding that he would be chairing a meeting of ministers and officials on the subject on Monday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39dlB0j

Asia Bibi has lived in Canada since she was released by Pakistan last year. She expressed her desire to live in France in an interview on French radio RTL on Monday. Macron's office said French authorities are ``ready to welcome Asia Bibi and her family in France if this is what they wish to do.`` from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wPKKzN

Thousands of people are marching on a boulevard in central Moscow to commemorate Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition leader who was gunned down five years ago. The Saturday afternoon march also is protesting proposed constitutional changes that are seen as a way for President Vladimir Putin to retain power once his term ends in 2024. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2I6fNKb

A banner with the slogan - 'Pakistani Army Epicenter of International Terrorism' - has been put up at the iconic Broken Chair during the 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. It aims to draw attention to global terrorism emanating from Pakistan and to urge the United Nations to take immediate steps to deal with the threats to global security. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VIcZer

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TpeNWD

The United States has delayed a regional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month due to fears of the coronavirus. Leaders from the Association of South East Asian Nations had been due to be hosted by President Donald Trump on March 14. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aeoRbN

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32zPmpL

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3adLSvx

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wk2xif

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cl4MSW

"Our leaders behave like children so it falls to us to be the adults in the room. They are failing us but we will not back down," the 17-year-old said as she addressed some 20,000 people at the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate (BY24C) event. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VC011o

Among the events that will be effected are the annual Geneva International Motor Show, which was due to take place from March 5-15 and draws tens of thousands of visitors every year. Organizers of the auto show did not provide immediate comment on the Swiss government announcement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2whfxFi

In an interesting move, cash-strapped Pakistan has invited the US to join the $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, an ambitious infrastructure project looked with suspicion by the Trump administration for being non-transparent. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2uzD57Y

A spokesman for Iran's Health Ministry says the new coronavirus has killed 34 people amid 388 confirmed cases in Iran. Iran has the highest death toll for the virus and the illness it causes, COVID-19, outside of China, the epicenter of the outbreak. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T8Uspy

Uncertainty grew over the political fate of Malaysia's 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad on Friday after the royal palace rejected a plan for selecting a new prime minister announced by the man who has dominated the country for decades. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32xVazU

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cgcldW

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32wIolk

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/388C5Wi

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32GrWz2

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PM6O5h

An air strike by Syrian government forces killed 29 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish official said Friday, marking the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since it first intervened in Syria in 2016. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vdZOXN

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cbIKCe

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/398YW58

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VrNKg8

The Scottish parliament has approved plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so. The legislation would make tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies, at an estimated annual cost of 24.1 million pounds. The Period Products (Free Provision) Scotland Bill passed through its first stage with 112 votes in favour, none against and one abstention. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T6BAI4

During President Donald Trump's visit, India and the US on Tuesday finalised defence deals under which 30 military helicopters will be procured from two American defence majors for the Indian armed forces. Under a $2.6 billion deal, India will buy 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters from Lockheed Martin for the Indian Navy. Another contract to acquire six AH-64E Apache helicopters for $800 million from aerospace giant Boeing has also been sealed. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ToiMmv

Asked "Are you real?" by the interviewer, Putin replied "Yes" before going on to deny that he uses a lookalike for public appearances for his own safety. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PKg7mf

Britain unveiled a negotiating mandate on Thursday for talks with the European Union that puts it on a collision course with Brussels, saying it was ready to walk away if "good progress" was not made by June. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vc9cew

Keenly aware of the stakes not just for public health but also himself, Trump conducted a lengthy press conference Wednesday evening aimed at reassuring everyone that he has the crisis well in hand. Trump surrounded himself with his administration's top health experts. And he encouraged Americans to be prepared for the virus' potential spread. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Vs9eJV

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wSybUy

"Arrival at Daiwan-e-Amiri & Meeting with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani," Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said in a tweet accompanied by a short video of the meeting. Earlier, the Pakistan foreign office said in a statement the focus of Khan's visit will be on "strengthening the bilateral cooperation and exchanging views on regional developments". from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2uDJwHi

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wdJ9mY

Moscow authorities are rounding up stray animals and exterminating rats as a precaution against the new coronavirus, actions that animal rights campaigners decried as cruel and scientifically groundless. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ps4Iac

Pakistan on Thursday shut schools in several areas and suspended flights to and from Iran to try to stop the spread of new coronavirus, after reporting its first cases of the infection, officials said. Authorities shut schools in the southern province of Sindh, including the country's largest city Karachi where the first case was reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T70Fmh

The Taliban governed Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, imposing strict Islamic sharia law before being ousted and launching an insurgency. The Taliban originated among young Afghans who studied in Sunni Islamic schools called madrassas in Pakistan. They are named from talib, the Arabic word for student. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32tkKWS

A graphic published on Thursday by the agency shows that the virus has spread to 20 of Iran's 31 provinces. The hardest-hit among them remained the province home to the holy Shiite city of Qom, with 63 confirmed cases. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2I1YVnI

"I don't think it's inevitable. I think that there's a chance that it could get worse, a chance it could get fairly substantially worse, but nothing's inevitable," Trump told reporters at the White Houseon Wednesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T3xal6