Spain’s King Felipe has renounced his inheritance from his father, former King Juan Carlos, and stripped the ex-monarch of his palace allowance. Felipe’s latest move to distance himself from his father follows a recent report in Switzerland’s La Tribune de Geneve newspaper that Juan...

Turkey will temporarily close cafes, sports and entertainment venues and is suspending mass prayers in mosques in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus, after it identified its first 18 cases in the last week, authorities said on Monday. “As of midnight Monday all operations of...

The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to ramp up their testing programmes as the best way to slow the advance of the coronavirus pandemic. “All countries should be able to test all suspected cases, they cannot fight this pandemic blindfolded,” he added. In...

As the coronavirus crisis sweeps the US government, the nation has come to rely on a voice of calm from the White House -- only it's not Donald Trump's. Caricatured as a meek and loyal yes man, Vice President Mike Pence is surprising even some of his critics with an authoritative...