Despite violent protests in Rome this weekend over new COVID-19 requirements for workplaces, Italy is moving ahead with the strictest measures against COVID-19 in Europe.

COVID-19 cases and deaths are near all-time highs in Russia, but vaccination rates are lagging.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday to prohibit any entity — including private businesses — from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers, and he called on state ...

Afghanistan's foreign minister appealed to the world for good relations on Monday but avoided making firm commitments on girls' education despite international demands to allow all Afghan children to ...

Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's party swept an Iraqi election on Monday, coming first and increasing the number of seats he holds in parliament, according to initial results, officials and a spokespe...

Chandrapur is home to the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, where rigorous conservation efforts have seen the number of tigers double in the last five years.

Warning that Afghanistan is facing "a make-or-break moment," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged the world to prevent the country's economy from collapsing.

British police have announced they will not take any action against Prince Andrew after a review prompted by a Jeffrey Epstein accuser who claims that he sexually assaulted her.

Moderna has no plans to share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because executives have concluded that scaling up the company's own production is the best way to increase the global supply, the comp...

A Canadian is among the three U.S.-based economists awarded the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do...

A Southern California beach that was closed more than a week ago because of a leak of crude oil from an undersea pipeline reopened on Monday, far sooner than many expected.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration belatedly congratulated journalist Maria Ressa Monday for being one of two winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her fight fo...

The World Health Organization on Monday recommended that immunocompromised people be given an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, Merck said it has applied for U.S. emergency use authoriza...

Thousands of Tunisians protested against President Kais Saied's seizure of almost total power in the capital on Sunday as the growing numbers taking to the street in recent weeks have raised the risk ...

A plane carrying parachutists crashed in the Russian region of Tatarstan on Sunday, killing 16 people and injuring six, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. Pilots were attempting an emergency l...

Conservation and environmental concerns have long been on the minds of members of the Royal Family and will continue to be as they attend the upcoming COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. What ...

Monday's U.S. holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian Americans' history and those horrified by ...

Iraq closed its airspace Sunday as voters headed to the polls to elect a parliament that, despite widespread skepticism, some Iraqis hope will deliver reforms after decades of conflict and mismanageme...

Taiwan will keep bolstering its defences to ensure nobody can force the island to accept the path China has laid down that offers neither freedom nor democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday, ...

Russians are flocking to Serbia to receive Western-approved COVID-19 shots. Although Russia has its own vaccine known as Sputnik V, the shot has not been approved by international health authorities. ...