At least eight COVID-19 patients died when a fire broke out at a hospital in India's western state of Gujarat on Thursday, confirmed a local administration official.
Scotland will reimpose lockdown restrictions in and around the city of Aberdeen after recording dozens of new coronavirus cases there this week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday.
More than 500 inmates -- nearly half the population -- of a prison in the US state of Arizona have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said, while at a California prison the virus death toll hit 22.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his country will put forward a resolution to the Security Council next week to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran.
A hand grenade attack at a rally on Wednesday evening in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi left five people injured, police and local media said.