U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday that the United Kingdom may consider “a range of tougher measures” in the weeks ahead, as London and southeastern England have already been placed under Tier 4 restrictions amid a new variant of the coronavirus that has pushed infection rates to record high levels.
A mock funeral procession marked the anniversary of the assassination of Iran’s top general and a senior Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike that heightened fears of a military escalation in the region.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Saturday it plans to enrich uranium up to 20% at its underground Fordo nuclear facility “as soon as possible,” pushing its program a technical step away from weapons-grade levels as it increases pressure on the West over the tattered atomic deal.
The Japanese capital, Tokyo, and three nearby prefectures have asked the national government to declare a state of emergency to curtail the surging spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump and anyone else linked to the U.S. strike one year ago that killed a notorious Iranian general "will not be safe on Earth," a top official in Tehran warned Friday, according to a report.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un sent a New Year's letter to his people, reportedly the first time a leader in the country has issued a personalized note since his father, Kim Jong-Il, did in 1995.
The top commander of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Friday that his country was fully prepared to respond to any U.S. military pressure as tensions between Tehran and Washington remain high in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Gordon Chang says the U.S. “absolutely” should have a stronger policy to push back on China amid unconfirmed intelligence the country put a bounty on American troops in Afghanistan.
Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called "the spirit of unity" and the country's Indigenous population.
Pope Francis ushered in the New Year on Friday with a traditional Angelus blessing from the papal library, pushing through nerve pain that forced him to skip New Year’s ceremonies in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Dozens of residents at a Belgian retirement home have reportedly died of coronavirus since a volunteer Santa Claus who visited the facility tested positive for the illness.
Ontario’s Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigned Thursday after provoking outrage for taking a holiday in the Caribbean earlier this month in defiance of his own government’s pandemic safety guidelines.
A senior Trump administration official has confirmed to Fox News that the government is working to declassify uncorroborated intelligence recently briefed to the president that suggests China may have offered to pay a bounty on U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
As Britain prepares to split from the European Union, the father of Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to be seeking closer ties with the bloc by applying for French citizenship.
A male nurse in Indonesia has been suspended after admitting that he stripped off his personal protective equipment to have sex in a toilet with a man infected with COVID-19, according to reports.