Italy has world’s second oldest population, 87% of those killed by COVID-19 are over 70; world lockdown accelerates as borders shuttered and factory closures announced

From China to the Czech Republic to Venezuela, governments have told their citizens to stay indoors to try and slow the spread of the pandemic

Beijing continues to ease up lockdown measures in hardest-hit Hubei province, where number of new cases dwindle

Palestinian police says it arrested cafe owners in Ramallah for not abiding by orders barring opening of their establishments; health authorities in Gaza say enclave has no cases

In using charged word that it had previously shied away from, UN health agency intent on shaking more lethargic countries into taking more aggressive steps against contagion

Dozens trapped under building's wreckage, no immediate reports of deaths

Patients returned on flights from Madrid and Zurich; up to 80,000 Israelis are in self-quarantine; Bethlehem in West Bank on lockdown

Authorities in Athens say group was in Jewish state, West Bank and Egypt on February 19-27; at West Bank hotel where they stayed, 4 people may be infected

Gilad Erdan asks National Security Council chief to limit Friday prayers to only Arab Israelis and East Jerusalemites after 7 infections in West Bank, near Bethlehem

Cops say eight criminal probes opened against people suspected of flouting Health Ministry instructions, misleading inspectors