As coronavirus infections hit record daily highs in parts of Europe this week, fears that the outbreak may spiral out of control this winter forced many European officials to impose new curfews and restrictions.
Just weeks after Iranian judicial authorities upheld the sentences of four young men to have four fingers amputated after being convicted of theft, there are new chilling reports that an additional two men have also been slapped with the same draconian punishment.
A hospital president and the director of the health commission in the northern Chinese city of Qingdao have been fired after China’s latest coronavirus outbreak, authorities said Thursday.
Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov announced his resignation Thursday in a bid to end the turmoil that has engulfed the Central Asian nation after a disputed parliamentary election.
The Vatican’s swirling corruption investigation has taken a mysterious new twist with the arrest on an international warrant of a Sardinian woman said to be close to one of the Holy See’s most powerful cardinals before his downfall.
An Australian politician appeared to borrow lines from the fictional U.S. president in episodes of the 90’s American television drama “The West Wing” during his own speech about the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday.
Two Americans held hostage by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen were freed on Wednesday as part of a U.S.-backed trade that returned more than 200 of the group’s loyalists to the fractured Middle East country, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.
The first day of historic talks between Israel and Lebanon ended Wednesday in Naqoura as the two bitter rivals agreed to reconvene for a negotiation brokered by the United States.
Bangladesh's Cabinet on Monday approved an increase in the maximum punishment in rape cases to death from life imprisonment after a series of recent sexual assaults triggered protests on streets and in social media.
A Japanese tourist who has had a ticket to visit the world heritage site Machu Picchu in Peru since March finally got to visit the Inca citadel ruins on Saturday.
Soon after a fleet of high-powered weapons was trumpeted through Pyongyang over the weekend to mark the 75th anniversary of North Korea’s reigning Worker’s Party, Dear Leader Kim Jong Un took to the podium to convey a rare moment of poetic brevity to an adorning – albeit mask free – crowd.
The World Health Organization has warned leaders against relying on COVID-19 lockdowns to tackle outbreaks — after previously saying countries should be careful how quickly they reopen.
Much to the chagrin of U.S. officials and human rights advocates – amid the notion that China is one of the most dangerous places on the planet to be Christian – the Vatican is in the process of renewing a 2018 provisional deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Pubs, bars and restaurant groups in England are taking legal action against “catastrophic” government-imposed restrictions facing the hospitality sector amid high coronavirus infection rates.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed the findings by Germany and other countries that Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.
Firefighters in Tanzania were working to contain a fire that broke out Sunday on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, officials said Monday.
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