Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the 2020 Satellite Conference and Exhibition on March 09, 2020 in Washington, USA.

Italy's one of the most popular tourist hubs, Venice, has turned into a ghost town as the country imposed strict quarantine measures to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani opened his jacket during his inauguration speech for a second five-year term on Monday to prove that he does not wear any bulletproof vest as the ceremony was disrupted by the sound of two rockets hitting the edge of the compound of the presidential palace compound in the capital Kabul.

A video shot inside an intensive care unit (ICU) in northern Italy where coronavirus patients are being treated offers rare glimpse into the country's fight against the vicious epidemic.

A visualization on a map shows the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe since the first outbreak in Wuhan, China.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan boards a plane for an official visit to Belgium at Ataturk Airport on March 09, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Asylum seekers hoping to cross into Europe keep waiting for the doors to open in the region between the Greece's Kastanies Border Gate and Turkey's Pazarkule Border Gate on March 09, 2020. Ankara recently announced it would no longer try to stop asylum seekers from reaching Europe. Thousands of asylum seekers have since flocked to Turkey's Edirne province -- which borders Greece and Bulgaria -- to make their way to Europe. The Greek reaction to the asylum seekers has been harsh, with many batter...

Greek border units open fire on asylum seekers waiting in the region between the Greece's Kastanies Border Gate and Turkey's Pazarkule Border Gate on March 09, 2020. Ankara recently announced it would no longer try to stop asylum seekers from reaching Europe. Thousands of asylum seekers have since flocked to Turkey's Edirne province -- which borders Greece and Bulgaria -- to make their way to Europe. The Greek reaction to the asylum seekers has been harsh, with many battered, attacked and tear-g...

Daegu and two neighbouring areas have been declared 'special care zones' by the government, which has sent extra medical supplies and staff and deployed military troops to disinfect the streets.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) published a video on Twitter to mark International Women's Day.

Six people have died and 28 remain trapped after the collapse of a hotel that was being used to quarantine people under observation for the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, authorities said on Sunday.

Even though global health experts have warned that good hygiene and preventative habits are important to halt the spread of coronavirus, a group of Indian men claimed taking a cow dung bath is enough to keep the virus away. The bizarre video showing them bathing in cow dung in the south Indian state of Karnataka went viral on social media. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there's a possibility the noval coronavirus may spread through faeces.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence greeted Washington Governor Jay Inslee by bumping elbows as the world scrambles to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The first known British man to catch the coronavirus in Wuhan, Connor Reed, has described how the deadly disease comes in stages. The 25-year-old has recovered from Covid-19 and is still under lockdown in the epicentre of the outbreak in mainland China.

Life has now returned to normal in Idlib, Syria on March 06 2020 after Turkey and Russia agreed in Moscow to a new cease-fire in the war-torn province. Local restaurants and shops are now doing business, while numerous vendors can be seen roaming the streets hawking their wares. On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed in Moscow to a new cease-fire in Idlib.

Turkish Coast Guard rescued total of 34 asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea on March 06, 2020 in western Izmir province. The asylum seekers are push back towards Turkey, their boats are punctured or their engines are broken by Greek Coast Guard and left in the middle of the sea.

Hundreds of protesters blocked a busy road and chanted slogans against the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 06, 2020. Protesters stage a protest against the Modi government which is widely viewed as anti-Muslim, due to recent riots in the Indian capital New Delhi that killed at least 47 people.

Tents belong to asylum seekers are seen near a railroad as they wait to continue to move towards western European countries after tightened security measures at the border of Croatia and Hungary, in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 07, 2020.

Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of migrants gathered on its border with Turkey on March 07, 2020. Many asylum seekers were affected by tear gas. Last week, Turkish officials announced that they would no longer try to stop asylum seekers from reaching Europe. Since then, thousands of asylum seekers have flocked to Edirne, along the borders with Greece and Bulgaria, to make their way into Europe.

Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of migrants gathered on its border with Turkey on March 07, 2020. Last week, Turkish officials announced that they would no longer try to stop asylum seekers from reaching Europe. Since then, thousands of asylum seekers have flocked to Edirne, along the borders with Greece and Bulgaria, to make their way into Europe.