Russia's "Sputnik-V" COVID-19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results published Friday by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics. The results of the two trials, conducted in June-July...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Friday said Turkey should drop "threats" against his country if talks on reducing tension in the eastern Mediterranean are to begin. "Let threats go away so that the contacts can begin," Mitsotakis said as he met a visiting senior member of 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...

New Zealand recorded its first coronavirus death in more than three months on Friday when a man in his 50s succumbed to the virus. Health officials said the man was part of a second-wave cluster of infections that emerged in Auckland last month, ending a spell of 102 days free of community...