A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections. “They missed building up the necessary infrastructure...

Israel said Sunday its military struck Hamas targets in Gaza in response to a rocket attack launched from the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli air force struck two rocket ammunition manufacturing sites, a military compound and "underground infrastructures", the Israel Defence Forces said....

Guatemala's vice president on Friday said he had asked President Alejandro Giammattei to resign with him "for the good of the country", following the passage of a budget that has sparked outrage in the impoverished Central American nation. "For the good of the country, I asked him that...

Turkey reported 5,103 more coronavirus patients over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released on Friday. The country's overall tally now stands at 435,273, the ministry announced. A total of 3,019 more patients recovered over the past day, bringing the tally to...