The death toll from the mysterious SARS-like virus has risen to nine in China, with the US confirming its first case.
According to the US authorities, the virus had been diagnosed in an American national who arrived in Seattle from China.
It comes after Thailand, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan also reported cases of the virus, which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of last year.
Meanwhile, Chinese officials have confirmed 440 cases, with more than 2,000 people kept in isolation wards following contacts with infected people.
Fifteen medical personnel are among those infected in China, with recent studies confirming that the virus can be transmitted from person-to-person.
Though the origin of the virus is yet to be identified, WHO suggested it is probably linked to Wuhan's seafood market.
Rebels in Indonesia's restive easternmost region of Papua on Thursday shot dead an American pilot and set a civilian plane on fire in what a spokesperson for a local separatist group described as a message to the US and Indonesian governments.
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 50, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings in what Russia said was a retaliation for recent attacks on its civil infrastructure.
Firefighters were battling to bring a wildfire in the Aude region of southern France under control on Thursday, as the country grappled with the lingering effects of Europe's recent heatwave.
Iran and the US concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago.
President Donald Trump dedicated a museum honouring Theodore Roosevelt on Wednesday, invoking the Republican president's legacy and linking it to his own vision for America ahead of the country's 250th anniversary.
A Kenyan court charged eight schoolgirls on Wednesday with murder for the deaths of 16 of their fellow students in a dormitory fire at a school in late May.
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Damascus cafe blast kills 5, wounds 16
Rebels in Indonesia's Papua kill American pilot, burn plane
Russian air strikes kill 10, injure more than 50 in Ukraine's Kyiv
Firefighters battle wildfire in southern France
US, Iran talks conclude in Doha, focused on Strait of Hormuz
Trump honours Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota, debuts new Air Force One
Kenyan court charges 8 schoolgirls with fellow students' murder
At least 5 people killed in fire in Antwerp apartment block
