UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the "efforts to achieve a lasting political settlement in Afghanistan" following the US-Taliban deal. ....

Former Home Affairs Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be sworn in on Sunday as the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia, the National Palace said in a statement on Saturday following a week of political power struggles. ....

At least 20 people were killed and over 60 others injured when a passenger train collided with a bus Pakistan's Sindh province, a senior police official said. ....

Iraq has announced a new case of novel coronavirus disease in the country's northern province of Kirkuk, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Middle Eastern country to 7. On the other hand, the number of coronavirus cases in South Korea increased to 2,022. Italy has confirmed 122 more coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 650, authorities said. ....

While the Donald Trump administration echoed Indian government's call for calm, the US Democrats amplified India's opposition over the Delhi communal violence. ....

Apart from economically impacting trade, tourism and aviation amongst other global sectors, novel coronavirus has an unlikely victim - a popular global beer brand. ....

Low levels of the cornavirus was detected in a Hong Kong patient's pet dog, authorities said on Friday, adding that further tests are needed to understand the situation. ....

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the coronavirus outbreak has reached a "decisive point" and has "pandemic potential" as the toll in China, the deadly disease's country of origin, increased to 2,788 on Friday. ....

Protests have been planned in the four US cities of Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and New York on Friday against the violence in New Delhi that has so far claimed 33 lives, a media report said. ....

Pakistan has confirmed its first two cases of the novel coronavirus, but the government has assured the public that there was "no need to panic". ....