(VOVWORLD) - EU foreign ministers are to hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss the worsening Syria conflict that is driving refugees to the bloc's borders with Turkey, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The government of Seoul has asked for a murder investigation into leaders of a Christian sect at the center of the country’s deadly coronavirus outbreak, saying the church was liable for its refusal to cooperate with efforts to stop the disease.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea has fired two unidentified short-range projectiles from an area near the coastal city of Wonsan into waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea's military said Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Five Vietnamese sailors were reported missing after a cargo vessel sank off the coast of Aomori prefecture in Japan on Friday, according to a Vietnamese official.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health on Monday recognized that Thai Nguyen National Hospital is qualified to conduct tests for the novel corona virus.

(VOVWORLD) -The number of deaths globally from the coronavirus outbreak passed 3,000 on Monday, as China reported 42 more deaths.

(VOVWORLD) -Lebanon said on Sunday that three more people had tested positive for coronavirus after arriving from Iran, bringing the country’s total to 10.

(VOVWORLD) - The Covid-19 spread rate in western European countries, particularly Italy, Germany, Spain, and the UK, has shown no sign of slowing.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Sunday, 80 countries had restricted South Korean visitors because of coronavirus fears.

(VOVWORLD) - EU and UK negotiators met on Monday in Brussels to begin negotiations on the terms of a bilateral partnership.