Libya's internationally recognized government in Tripoli will impose a full lockdown in areas of the country it controls, it said Thursday, after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Libya, split since 2014 between areas held by the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and a rival...

 Russia demanded an explanation from Belarus Thursday, after Minsk arrested a group of alleged Russian mercenaries and said they were suspected of plotting "acts of terrorism" before a presidential election. Belarusian state television broadcast footage Wednesday of more than 30...

Hopes that this year's Italian Grand Prix would be held in front of a controlled number of spectators were quashed on Thursday. Officials announced in a statement that the event to be staged from September 4-6 at Monza will be run behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic....

Global coronavirus cases exceeded 17 million mark on Thursday, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths from the virus has reached 667,084, with recoveries topping 9.95 million. The US remains the worst-hit country with over 4.4 million...