CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Surprise, relief and a "mix of emotions" greeted the news Thursday that Brenton Tarrant, the man who had carried out New Zealand's worst peacetime atrocity, had reversed his not-guilty plea and was convicted on all charges. Tarrant killed 51 worshipers and injured dozens at two mosques in Christchurch on March 15 last year. The first of the attacks was live-streamed on the Internet.

Donald Trump has extended America’s national shut down for a month, bowing to public health experts, and scientific reality, and warning that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come.

On the 16th of March 2020, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato Seri Muhyidin Yassin, announced that the Movement Control Order (MCO) is to be implemented throughout Malaysia beginning from the 18th of March to 31st of March 2020. On the 25th of March, another announcement was made by Muhyidin that the MCO is to be extended until 14th of April 2020.

Driss Lagrani wrote in UAE’s Al-Khaleej that “It seems that the world would face major transformation after the Coronavirus scare, which might lead to shake the pillars of current international order, making room for the rise of new international order.”