Iran announced Saturday the expansion beyond Tehran of measures against Covid-19, amid growing calls for a full lockdown after the country posted a string of record highs in deaths and infections. The measures would take effect on Wednesday and last for at least a week, Alireza Raisi,...

Rescue workers in western Turkish city of Izmir searched through rubble for survivors on Saturday after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean Sea Friday, as the death toll rose to 27. Officials said 25 people were killed in coastal areas in Turkey's west, while two teenagers -- a boy and a...

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Warsaw and across Poland on Friday, defying government orders and risking coronavirus contagion to voice their anger at a court ruling banning almost all abortions. Waving gay pride flags and chanting anti-government slogans, protesters in Warsaw...

People who develop Covid-19 infect around half of their household members, with adults only slightly more likely than children to spread the virus, a US government study said Friday. The paper by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the latest to attempt to quantify the...