French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce lighter coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday thanks to a recent drop in new infections, paving the way for shops to reopen swiftly and allow travel for Christmas. In an evening television address, Macron will also outline France's...

A total of 345 people were detained during anti-government protests in Minsk, the Belarusian capital on Sunday, the country's Interior Ministry said on Monday. The demonstrators marched in the streets, burnt automobile tires, and made false calls about barring railroads, spokeswoman Olga...

Russia hit a record daily high of over 25,000 coronavirus cases on Monday as government resists uniform nationwide restrictions. As many as 25,173 people tested positive for COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, taking the tally to over 2.11 million, health authorities announced. Recoveries...

Tens of thousands of Belarus opposition protesters took to the streets on Sunday, the latest large-scale rally against President Alexandre Lukashenko's contested re-election. For more than three months Belarus has been gripped by historic weekly opposition rallies following Lukashenko's...