Israel's parliament speaker Benny Gantz was given 48 hours Tuesday to reach a deal on an emergency unity government with his former election rival, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The narrow negotiating window was approved by President Reuven Rivlin minutes after Gantz's four-week...

A barrage of North Korean missiles fired from both the ground and fighter jets splashed down on the waters off the country's east coast Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, a major show of force on the eve of a key state anniversary in the North and parliamentary elections in rival South...

Measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus can only be lifted slowly, if the right public health measures are in place, including significant capacity for contact tracing, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. “While COVID-19 accelerates very fast, it...

France reported 574 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said Monday, bringing the total to 14,967 since the coronavirus outbreak began.  A total of 335 of the deaths occurred in hospitals, up from 315 the previous day, while 239 deaths were recorded in...