Despite recent progress, the majority of US states don't yet have sufficient COVID-19 testing capacity to consider relaxing stay-at-home orders after May 1, according to an analysis by Harvard researchers and the health news site Stat. It directly contradicts the position held by President...

Human rights campaigners on Monday cautiously welcomed Saudi moves to abolish court-ordered floggings and end the death penalty for crimes committed by minors, but pointed out "loopholes" in the reforms. The changes underscore a push by de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to...

When doctors first confirmed Yemeni port official Saleh had contracted COVID-19, authorities raced to trace his movements to try and protect one of the world's most vulnerable countries. But almost three weeks on, they still do not know whether Yemen's first laboratory-confirmed case is...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, back at work after recovering from COVID-19, said Monday it was still too dangerous to relax a stringent lockdown hammering the economy as that may cause a deadly second outbreak. Speaking outside his Downing Street residence a month and a day since...