Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip may “let it be known” once they have received a vaccine against COVID-19, The Times newspaper reported, citing unnamed royal aides. The 94-year-old monarch and her 99-year-old spouse are likely to be among the first to be offered...

South Korea raised its coronavirus alert to the second-highest level in Seoul and surrounding areas Sunday as authorities struggle to contain a fresh outbreak. The country largely brought the virus under control with a "trace, test and treat" approach, but in recent weeks new infections...

The UN said Saturday that at least 139 civilians have been killed or injured since October in western Yemen. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 74 civilians were killed or wounded in October and 49 in November in Al Hudaydah province. And six workers...

The US has canceled five cultural exchange programs with China because Beijing uses them as propaganda tools. "While other programs funded under the auspices of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (MECEA) are mutually beneficial, the five programs in question are fully funded...