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...

Thousands of Argentines filed past Diego Maradona's coffin in Buenos Aires on Thursday after the country and the world of football was plunged into mourning by his death at the age of 60. Mourners, many in tears, and many wearing the World Cup winner's number 10 Argentina jersey, gathered...

 Many Syrian women are resorting to selling their hair to support themselves and their families in light of the poor living conditions in regime-controlled areas and the economic crisis all over Syria. Selling hair has become one of the innovative ways to earn money and make ends...