Senior officials in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office see only a 30 to 40 percent chance that there will be a Brexit trade agreement with the European Union due to an impasse over state aid rules, The Times reported. The United Kingdom left the EU on Jan. 31, turning its back...

Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, has been diagnosed with the early stages of double pneumonia, ANSA newsagency reported Friday. Double, or bilateral, pneumonia affects both lungs and can make breathing difficult. The...

Bahrain said late Thursday it had agreed to allow UAE flights to and from Israel to overfly the kingdom, a day after a similar decision was announced by Saudi Arabia. The announcements come after a US-Israeli delegation visited Abu Dhabi Monday, on the first direct commercial flight from...

Israel will impose a partial national lockdown next week to battle a coronavirus infection surge, the head of its pandemic task force said Thursday, shouting his exasperation in an emotional television address. The health official, Ronni Gamzu, said Israel was facing a "pivotal moment" in...