Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, as eight more states reported their first cases of the fast-spreading respiratory disease.

Turkish coast guards on February 06, 2020 rescued a total of 83 asylum seekers stranded as they were on their way to northwestern Edirne province bordering with Greece through the Aegean Sea, in Izmir on February 06, 2020.

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD)) distributed humanitarian aid packages to people of Syria's Idlib, who escaped intense attacks by the regime and its allies and took shelter near the Turkish border.

The EU on Friday welcomed a recent Turkey-Russia agreement for a cease-fire between conflict parties in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. 'The cease-fire is a good news, and this is a good will. Let's see how does it work,' said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, adding that the cease in clashes was a 'precondition in order to increase the humanitarian help for the people in Idlib.'

Asylum seekers leave their foot prints to painter Ahmet Dilek's canvas, which will be displayed in European countries to create awareness for the situation of the asylum seekers at the border, in Edirne, Turkey on March 06, 2020. .

Northern Macedonian Muslims students from International Balkan University performed an organization at Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Northern Macedonian capital Skopje on March 05, 2020 to show solidarity with Turkey's Operation Spring Shield in Syria's northwestern Idlib province launched at the end of February.

Albanian Muslims perform pray in Albanian capital Tirane on March 05, 2020 to show solidarity with Turkey's Operation Spring Shield in Syria's northwestern Idlib province launched at the end of February.

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Thursday inspected the country's border with Greece in northwestern Edirne province.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the recent developments in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib.

Tottenham defender Eric Dier jumped into the stands and clashed with one of his home side fans after his team's FA Cup defeat by Norwich on Wednesday.

People gather to demand for opening of European borders, in front of the European Council in Brussels, Belgium on March 04, 2020. EU foreign ministers hold an emergency meeting the same day to discuss the worsening Syria conflict that is driving refugees to the bloc's borders with Turkey.

A Greek police officer intervenes asylum seekers, hoping to get on a ferry to Athens, at a the port in Lesbos, Greece on March 04, 2020.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made yet another gaffe during his victory speech on Super Tuesday. Biden confused his wife for his sister when introducing them on stage and tried to cover up his mistake promptly, saying: 'You switched on me!'.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrives at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey on March 05, 2020. Erdogan to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday in Moscow to discuss recent developments in Syria's restive province of Idlib.

A group of asylum seekers, who had to spend three nights at the Skala Sykaminea coast of the Greek Lesbos Island, were waiting to be moved to the mainland on March 04, 2020. Some far-right extremists on the island set up barricades on Monday, March 2, blocking the way to Moria camp, where registration process for the asylum seekers is carried out.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday met with U.S. ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft in the capital Ankara.

United Nations dispatched 53 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Idlib, an embattled Syrian province on March 04, 2020. The trucks passed through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province. The aid will be distributed among residents in urban areas of northwestern Idlib, as well as the surrounding countryside, which have been subject to years of devastating attacks by the Assad regime and its allies, triggering a wave of some one million refugees.

Turkey's army has clinched gold medal in the International Pakistan Army Team Spirit (PATS) competition held in Pakistan, army official said on Wednesday. The competition was held near Kharian, a town located in Gujrat District of northeastern Punjab province of Pakistan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday received European Council's President Charles Michel at the Presidential Complex in the capital Ankara.

Greek riot police and troops fired tear gas early on Wednesday at hundreds of migrants as they made an attempt to cross the border from Turkey into Greece.