Palestinian Authority official warns of a 'disaster' if Palestinian workers do not abide by quarantine upon returning to West Bank

Ministers set to approve new emergency directives, including almost-total closure of ultra-Orthodox city hardest hit by virus; plan to go into effect on Sunday

Ali Larijani is highest ranking Iranian official to contract coronavirus; President Rouhani acknowledges severity of crisis, calls for adherence to health ministry protocols

Death toll climbs to 34 with 8 fresh fatalities and 640 confirmed new cases; 83 on ventilators; authorities ramp up testing, with 6,169 checks on Thursday

Unit will not enforce lockdown, but rather provide food, medicine and other services; military says over 12,000 troops involved in national pandemic response

Yaakov Litzman's positive test has forced Netanyahu and most of the top Israeli officials tackling pandemic into quarantine; he denies claims he ignored ban on group prayer

Rafael Gomez Nieto was the last surviving member of a company of soldiers that fought with French forces against Nazi occupation in 1944

Montreal suburb where a third of the population is over 65 declares emergency after returnees failed to adhere to quarantine rules

Hindu-raised Sudeep Agarwala has made the traditional braided loaves for his Jewish husband for 10 years. Now that there's a shortage of leaven, he knows just how to help

Group advocates for Kentucky rival after Thomas Massie tried to delay $2 trillion US House stimulus package to help economy fight pandemic