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The performance will be a body blow to the 77-year-old Joe Biden, who has failed to generate the fundraising numbers or the enthusiasm levels of his rivals for the top spot on the Democratic ticket.

Tehran and Washington have been sworn enemies since 1979, when the government of the US-backed shah was ousted.

The US has long accused China of bullying Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei who have contesting claims over the South China Sea.

Residents were forced to leave in the early hours as health officials in masks and white overalls scrambled to work out whether the virus had spread through the complex of some 3,000 people.

The Turkish Defence Ministry said its forces would continue to retaliate any attacks on its troops, which have observation posts in the far northwest of Syria.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said Iran had a strong air force despite decades of US pressure and sanctions on the country since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Kazakh President held an emergency government session Saturday where he said the situation was "under the control" of police and the national guard.

Japan has already reported at least 25 cases of coronavirus aside from the infections on board the Diamond Princess.

In an emotional speech on the Senate floor, the 72-year-old lawmaker from Utah spoke of his own faith and of the possibility for retribution from the ruling Republican Party he may face over his decision to go against Trump.

The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak went up to 563 as 73 people died on Wednesday, the highest one-day fatalities so far, while total confirmed cases rose to 28,018.

A senior official said none of the injuries suffered were life-threatening and all casualties had been taken to hospital. The Lombardy region's health department put the number of injured at 31.

The remarks came in the wake of widespread protests held across India against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The 27-nation International Religious Freedom Alliance was launched by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to defend the rights of minorities.

The Pegasus Airlines plane was arriving at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport from the Aegean city of Izmir in very wet weather when it skidded off the runway.

The infant is the youngest person recorded as being infected by the virus, which has killed nearly 500 people since emerging in China's Wuhan last year. .

Dozens of international carriers have reduced or suspended flights to China in a bid to halt the pathogen's spread and as passenger numbers fall off a cliff.