TOKYO (AP) — As she struggled to breathe, Shizue Akita had to wait more than six hours while paramedics searched for a hospital in Osaka that would treat her worsening COVID-19. When she finally got to one that wasn’t overwhelmed with other patients, doctors diagnosed severe...

NAGURSKOYE, Russia (AP) — During the Cold War, Russia's Nagurskoye airbase was little more than a runway, a weather station and a communications outpost in the Franz Josef Land archipelago. It was a remote and desolate home mostly for polar bears, where temperatures plunge in winter to...

The Russian army has expanded its military operations in the Syrian desert region, according to recent reports. Moscow did not comment or disclose details about its raids in the region, however, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that more than 180 raids were carried out by...

Russia's fighter jets on Sunday have raided rebel-held areas in northern Idlib region and the Kabanah hills in coastal Latakia province.   Three Russian warplanes, which took off from the Hmeimim air base, have targeted with high-explosive missiles the Al-Barnas area near Jisr Al-Shughour...