(Reuters) - France is seeing a "tsunami" of COVID-19 infections, with 208,000 cases reported over the past 24 hours, a new national and European record, Health Minister Olivier Veran told lawmakers on Wednesday. France has been breaking infection records repeatedly over the past few days,...

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities said at least 38 people were killed Tuesday when a defunct gold mine collapsed in West Kordofan province. The country’s state-run mining company said in a statement the collapse of the closed, non-functioning mine took place in the village of Fuja 700...

 Fires erupted in Latakia Port's container storage area following an Israeli missile attack, state-run media reported on Tuesday. The attack, the second in December, damaged facades of a hospital, some residential buildings and shops "The Israeli "aggression" caused big...

France will not impose any curfews on New Year’s Eve, allowing people to celebrate freely, but will tighten restrictions on unvaccinated people entering public places starting in mid-January, the country’s premier announced on Monday. In a national address, following an emergency health...