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SEOUL: South Korea announced Wednesday the official end to a deadly outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) that killed 36 people and sparked widespread panic in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

MAKKAH: A sea of pilgrims began moving on Wednesday towards the holy site of Muzdalifah, where they gather pebbles for the last major rite of this year's Hajj.

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia banned the slaughter of camels during this year's Hajj pilgrimage, after a surge in deaths from the MERS virus linked to the animals.

SEOUL: South Korea declared on Tuesday it is effectively out of danger from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), more than two months after the first case was reported and began spreading in hospital settings to kill 36 people.

SEOUL: A South Korean couple's special day has become an unexpected symbol of the country's MERS health scare, after a joke wedding photo with their guests wearing surgical face masks went viral.

LONDON: A dramatic upward revision in the number of people killed by the MERS virus in Saudi Arabia may signal a fresh approach from...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has sacked Deputy Health Minister Ziad Memish who has been criticized by some international scientists over his handling of the deadly...