February 23, 2020 7:18 PMJERUSALEM (AFP) - Nearly 200 Israeli pupils were ordered to begin a two-week quarantine from Sunday (Feb 23) after having come into contact with South Korean tourists who contracted the coronavirus, the education ministry said.

February 23, 2020 6:54 PMMILAN (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) - The number of cases of coronavirus in Italy continued to rise on Sunday (Feb 23) after the government passed a series of emergency measures to limit the spread of the outbreak in Europe's most affected country.

February 23, 2020 5:37 PMDUBAI (REUTERS) - Iran said on Sunday (Feb 23) an Iranian infected by the new coronavirus died in the country, head of the Medical Science University in the Mazandaran province was quoted as saying, bringing the number of deaths to seven in the Islamic Republic.

February 23, 2020 5:22 PMTEHERAN (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader accused foreign media of trying to use a deadly coronavirus outbreak to sabotage a general election, as authorities scrambled on Sunday (Feb 23) to contain the disease.

February 23, 2020 4:38 PMRIYADH (REUTERS) - Finance officials from the world's 20 biggest economies (G-20) meeting in Riyadh on Sunday (Feb 23) reached an agreement on the wording of a final communique that includes a reference to climate change, a G-20 diplomatic source said.

February 23, 2020 4:01 PMTEHERAN (BLOOMBERG) - Iranian hardliners headed for victory in parliamentary elections, sweeping Teheran and other cities in a repudiation of President Hassan Rouhani's engagement with outside powers.

February 23, 2020 3:08 PMDENVER, COLORADO (BLOOMBERG) - Mr Pete Buttigieg welcomed a nine-year-old boy on stage at a rally in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday night (Feb 23) after the young boy asked the Democratic presidential candidate for help coming out as gay.

February 23, 2020 3:03 PMANKARA (REUTERS) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the Turkey-Iran border region early on Sunday (Feb 23), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

February 23, 2020 2:22 PMWASHINGTON - If the Democratic Party needs an anti-Trump to compete with the president, they cannot do better than Senator Bernie Sanders.

February 23, 2020 12:34 PMWASHINGTON - Vermont senator Bernie Sanders' decisive and expected victory in Saturday's (Feb 22) Nevada caucus further solidified his status as the favourite to pick up the Democratic nomination come July, as his more moderate rivals continue to struggle to catch up.