Pfizer Inc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective based on initial trial results, the company said on Monday, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed over a million people and battered the world's economy. Experts welcomed the first successful...

At least 458 more coronavirus-related fatalities have raised the death toll in Iran to 38,749, the country's Health Ministry said on Monday.  Some 10,463 more people tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours, pushing the overall count up to 692,949, Sima Sadat Lari, the...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, hammered by US cuts, said Monday it lacks the funds to pay full November salaries but is confident President-elect Joe Biden's administration will restore support. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East...

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a sharply higher open on Monday after President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner in a highly contentious election. Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania on Saturday put him above the 270 Electoral College votes needed to secure the presidency, four...