Russia saw a record rise in coronavirus-related deaths on Friday as 232 fatalities were registered in the country over the past day, raising the death toll to 4,374. Fatalities spiked for a second day in a row, according to data published by the country's emergency task force formed to curb...

Britain cannot run its COVID-19 jobs protection scheme indefinitely and needs to start tapering it down as people slowly return to work, environment minister George Eustice said on Friday. “The furlough scheme has been incredibly important in terms of keeping people on standby and ready...

New Zealand had all but eradicated the coronavirus from its shores Friday with just one person in the nation of 5 million known to be still infected, but developments elsewhere were generally grim, with India reporting another record increase in cases and Pakistan a record number of deaths....

EU foreign ministers on Thursday decided to extend sanctions for one more year against the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and its supporters. The restrictive measures have been in place since 2011 in response to the violent repression of the civilian population. “EU’s sanctions...