Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez encouraged residents to leave their homes, as the Health Ministry reported 444 more COVID-19 infections on Thursday. The number of new cases has been rising every day since Tuesday, hitting 2,016 over the last seven days, the highest since June 11. A...

The family of a Palestinian man with autism who was fatally shot by Israeli police said Thursday that it took a month for authorities to confirm the existence of security-camera footage of the shooting, raising concerns that no one will be punished for killing their son. The existence of...

Oman's health minister said Thursday that the sultanate had witnessed a "scary" surge in COVID-19 cases that required boosting hospital capacity, especially for intensive care units. The country reported 1,361 new cases of the coronavirus Thursday with three deaths in the last 24 hours, to...

Iran's nuclear body said an accident had taken place Thursday at a construction site in a nuclear complex without causing casualties, state news agency IRNA reported. "An accident occurred on Thursday morning and damaged a warehouse under construction in open space at the Natanz site" in...