Former king Juan Carlos, who has decided to leave Spain six years after his abdication amid a series of scandals, was a popular monarch for most of his four-decade reign who played a critical role in the country's transition to democracy. Early life and handover from dictatorship Born...

A massive explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Lebanese Red Cross official Georges Kettaneh said there were dead and wounded, but did not have an...

A second wave of the coronavirus epidemic is highly likely to hit France in the autumn or winter, the government's top scientific body warned Tuesday as authorities seek to contain an increase in new cases over the past two weeks. The warning came as an increasing number of French cities...

The coronavirus pandemic is worsening the humanitarian situation in the world's deadliest conflicts and threatens to unleash economic devastation that will intensify violence, United Nations diplomats and experts warn. COVID-19 is hampering aid programs, diverting the attention and...