In a desolate camp for Yemenis displaced by war, Nasima Ahmed wonders how she and her four children can possibly protect themselves as the novel coronavirus stalks the country. The five-year-old conflict between the government and the Iran-backed Huthi rebels has pushed millions to the...

Russia plans to start clinical trials of vaccines for the novel coronavirus in June, the country's health minister announced on Wednesday. Scientists working on the vaccines say the first batch could be available by late July, Mikhail Murashko told the State Duma, the lower house of...

The police killing of a 26-year-old emergency health worker in her apartment in Kentucky has triggered a fresh wave of anger in the United States over officers shooting black civilians. Protests under the slogan "Black Lives Matter" have erupted regularly since 2012 over the shootings of...

Tunisia has announced a reduction of its nightly curfew hours, state media reported Wednesday, after three consecutive days without recording any new coronavirus cases and as the government relaxes a general lockdown. The North African democracy imposed the curfew in March, aiming to slow...