People in France will risk a fine of 135 euros ($154) starting Monday for failure to comply with a new decree to wear a mask in public places indoors.

Iranian air transport firms are to receive $135 million in cheap loans because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a bid to ensure continuity of rail services, the UK transport ministry has said it was suspending normal franchise agreements with private operators, taking over "all revenue and cost risk" for at least six months.

A special taxi service for people who need to be self-quarantined as they come from the areas most affected by the novel coronavirus started operating at the airports of the Taiwanese capital Taipei.

European plane-maker Airbus says it plans to cut 2,362 jobs in its Defence and Space division over the next two years.

Canadians protest a new natural gas pipeline project across the country, leading to major transportation disruptions, building occupations, and dozens of arrests by police.

A crippling French transport strike drags into its 39th day despite the government's offer to withdraw the most contested measure of the pension reform plans.

President Hassan Rouhani has opened an express electric train service linking Tehran to a city 82 km west of the Iranian capital.

Boris Johnson has raised eyebrows by diverting the first tranche of money for infrastructure projects in the north to the defence industry.

The hard-line leader of a French trade union vows to persist with a transport strike that has entered its 23rd day and has already marred Christmas and New Year celebrations for many French citizens.