The first coronavirus vaccine doses could be available in Germany before Christmas, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. Speaking at the parliament on her government’s plan to combat COVID-19, Merkel expressed hope that development of vaccines could ease the strain on the...

A fourth session of the constitutional committee will begin on Monday in Geneva to hammer out the roots of the basic laws for a peaceful Syria, the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria said Thursday. "As the Deputy Special Envoy informed the Security Council, plans are being finalized...

London will escape the tightest restrictions once England's national coronavirus lockdown ends next week, the government said Thursday, but major cities including Manchester and Birmingham face at least two more weeks of tough rules. England will return to a regional tiered system when the...

Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has won a second term after gaining an outright majority in the first round of elections, the country's electoral board announced Thursday. "Mr Kabore... with 57.87 percent of the vote, is provisionally elected president of (Burkina) Faso...