Once a vibrant community of 3,000 at its peak in the 1950s, only a handful of elderly Jews still live in the city of Kochi - but a rich history of coexistence has left its mark

Israeli envoy to India hosts signing ceremony with Bhutanese ambassador; Himalayan kingdom maintains full ties with just over 50 countries

Austria and Greece shutter schools; 26 million people in Italy under tight restrictions; 10 COVID-19 patients die in Romania hospital fire

Governments rush to reimpose infection-control measures with pandemic having infected more than 44 million people and killed close to 1.2 million, and counting

90,802 cases added in past day push total past Brazil's to 4.2 million, now behind only the US, yet government easing restrictions in effort to resuscitate economy

Coronvirus initially ravaged giant cities, but is now in almost every state; hospital beds and health infrastructure at a shortage; Health Ministry reports 1,089 new deaths

New Delhi registers 78,761 infections, raising total tally to 3.5 million, just as government beginning to ease restrictions; country now has world's fastest growing daily caseload

India sees highest daily case rate with 78,761 infections; nearly 843,000 have died from coronavirus worldwide; countries tighten restrictions to stem outbreak

With a fifth of world's agricultural land now too salty for cultivation, SaliCrop trials in India, Israel, see treated seeds yield up to 32% more crops than regular ones

Several countries ramp up restrictions as virus cases surge again in western Europe, sparking fears of a fresh wave of infections