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A U.N. panel has, for the first time, accused Russia of war crimes for the "indiscriminate" bombing of civilian areas in Syria.

The coronavirus keeps spreading across the 27-member bloc and fuels fears of an economic recession.

A new influx of migrants has led Greece to implement new measures at its border with Turkey, with concerns that the situation could eventually lead to a repeat of the 2015 crisis.

"The epidemics in the Republic of Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan are our greatest concern," a WHO official said.

King County Executive Dow Constantine will announce an emergency declaration, a county spokesperson said.

The WHO has declared the outbreak a global health emergency, with almost 60 countries reporting cases of the coronavirus.

European markets closed slightly higher Monday as investors weighed prospects for a global monetary policy response to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus.

New York officials confirmed on Sunday its first coronavirus case, a woman who recently traveled to Iran and is currently isolated in her home.

World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference Monday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more that 89,100 people and killed at least 3,040 across the world.

Italy is dealing with its most major national public health disaster in modern times.

The impact of coronavirus on Europe's future has the potential to be even more significant than the migrant crisis, particularly as it unfolds in almost biblical fashion atop a plague of other European maladies, writes Frederick Kempe.

The CDC has released a new diagnostic test for COVID-19 and rolled out guidelines for how state and local health labs can correct previously faulty test kits sent out by the agency.

The Paris Police tweeted that people were exhibiting "unacceptable violence" while defying a ban on protesting near a concert.

"We need to keep this virus slowed down, because health systems around the world, and I mean North and South, are just not ready," a top WHO official said.

WHO officials said they are increasing the risk assessment of the coronavirus to "very high" across the world.

The WHO has reaffirmed its warning that the fast-spreading coronavirus could soon reach most, "if not all" countries around the world.

The number of daily new COVID-19 cases outside China exceeded those inside the country two days in a row this week, the WHO announced Thursday.

Hundreds of migrants in Turkey started arriving on the borders with Greece and Bulgaria on Friday after a senior Turkish official said Ankara would no longer abide by a 2016 EU deal.

A potential relaxation of German spending rules is a "false alert," analysts have told CNBC after reports the country's finance chief is willing to load up on new debt.

Guyana is set to decide on a new government to oversee the highest amount of oil per person of any country in the world.