The United Nations will temporarily suspend travel for refugee resettlement (UN) due to restrictions caused by the new coronavirus. Worldwide travel bans have left increasing numbers of refugees in camps or detention centers that often pose significant health risks (Reuters).
 
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases passed two hundred thousand worldwide, more than doubling (WSJ) over a two-week period, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Italy registered 345 new coronavirus deaths (Al Jazeera) in the last twenty-four hours. The Donald J. Trump administration called to inject $1 trillion (NYT) into the U.S. economy, including $250 billion in direct checks to Americans by the end of April.

Beijing announced that journalists working for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post whose press credentials expire this year must hand back those credentials within ten days and may no longer report in China or its administrative regions such as Hong Kong.
 
New Zealand: The country’s legislature passed a bill (AP) that removes a requirement for women seeking abortions to present medical proof that pregnancy poses a danger to their physical or mental health.

A Dhaka-based group of journalists denounced the detention (VOA) and torture of journalist Ariful Islam, saying the treatment was meant to silence him. Islam’s detention prompted demonstrations across the country. He has been released on bail. 

Clashes between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels killed (AP) more than three dozen people in twenty-four hours.
 
This CFR Backgrounder looks at the war in Yemen.
 
Iraq: Rockets struck Baghdad’s Green Zone (Politico) near the site of government buildings and the U.S. embassy. No casualties were immediately reported. 

Niger’s government said the military killed at least fifty fighters (AP) from the Boko Haram extremist group after an attack on a military post.
 
Chad: The government agreed to repay a $100 million debt (BBC) to Angola with seventy-five thousand cattle, according to Angolan media.

A round of Brexit negotiations set to begin today has been postponed due to the coronavirus (FT). Negotiators from the European Union and the United Kingdom have said the December 2020 deadline for an agreement could also be delayed.
 
This CFR In Brief discusses what could happen if the EU and UK can’t reach an agreement.
 
UK: The brother of a man who killed twenty-two people in the 2017 Manchester arena bombing was found guilty (Guardian) of murder and helping to plan the attack.

A migrant rights group is suing the U.S. government to stop the deportation (VOA) of three Salvadoran migrant children, saying that the children’s lives would be in danger if they returned to El Salvador due to their father’s denunciations of the MS-13 gang.
 
Brazil: Authorities said they recaptured (Al Jazeera) more than five hundred inmates who fled Sao Paulo prisons ahead of a lockdown on visits due to the coronavirus.

Former Vice President Joe Biden won Democratic presidential primaries (CNN) in Arizona, Florida, and Illinois, building a nearly insurmountable lead over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
 
CFR’s James M. Lindsay discusses campaigning in the coronavirus era.