New Zealand's conservative opposition switched leaders Friday in a last-gasp bid to counter the record support Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is enjoying for containing the coronavirus. National Party lawmakers voted to ditch Simon Bridges after opinion polls predicted he was headed for a...

The growth rate of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in France slowed slightly Thursday, with health authorities reporting an additional 318 known infections, an increase of 0.2 percent over 24 hours. The rate of increases in reported deaths also slowed a little, with 83 COVID-19 fatalities in...

The Libyan Army on Thursday entered al-Asabaa downtown after clashes with warlord Khalifa Haftar's militia. Libya Al-Ahrar TV channel cited unnamed military source as saying the army launched an attack on the remnants of Haftar's militia, who had escaped from the al-Watiya airbase. On...

Iran is slowly pulling out of Syria in response to Israeli strikes, as well as growing domestic discontent linked to the economy and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli military said Thursday. Israel and Iran have for years been engaged in a shadow war that has recently...