Lewis Hamilton won Sunday's F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix while Mercedes clinched their seventh constructors’ title in a row. Having sealed ninth victory of the season, the Mercedes driver finished the 63-lap race at 1:28:32, which was held at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino...

 Riot police fired warning shots into the air, used stun grenades and made arrests to deter tens of thousands of Belarusians who marched through Minsk Sunday to demand veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko leave power. Huge demonstrations have flooded the capital for 12 straight weeks...

Protesters in several Spanish cities clashed with security forces for a second night running, police said Sunday, as exasperation and anger over coronavirus restrictions grow worldwide. The unrest in Spain came as more European nations started locking down to try and stem a worrying spike...

The cabinet of the United Arab Emirates approved a smaller federal budget for 2021 in a sign that the country is curbing expenditure amid the coronavirus crisis and lower oil prices. The budget for next year was set at 58 billion dirhams ($15.8 billion), state news agency WAM reported...

Hassan Sweidan is terrified he will catch Covid-19 in the overcrowded displacement camp in northwest Syria he calls home, even more so as medical staff in the region have become sick. Humanitarian workers fear any further rise in novel coronavirus cases would be disastrous in northwest...

The one-month lockdown for England announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson this weekend could be extended as Britain struggles to contain a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior cabinet member said on Sunday. Johnson announced on Saturday that the lockdown across England would...

When Lebanon’s financial crisis pushed Vartkes to leave for Armenia this summer, he never imagined he would volunteer to fight in Nagorno-Karabakh. The young Lebanese-Armenian didn’t think twice, however, when the conflict between Azerbaijani and ethnic Armenian forces erupted soon after...

Algerian voters began to cast ballot Sunday in a referendum on constitutional amendments. The vote is held amid restrictions as part of measures to stem the spread of coronavirus and absence of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who was hospitalized in Germany. Polls opened at 8 a.m. local...

Saudi Arabia has allowed international pilgrims to perform Umrah after a seven-month hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak. The move was part of gradual Saudi measures to ease restrictions imposed to stem the spread of the virus in the kingdom. Under the new measure, 20,000 pilgrims...

A 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a flattened building in western Turkey early Sunday after being buried under the debris for 33 hours following a powerful earthquake which struck the country's Aegean coast and Greek islands. The death toll from Friday afternoon's quake rose...

 Simultaneously battling the twin crises of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and a resurgence in Islamist attacks, French President Emmanuel Macron faces a defining moment that will determine the success of his presidency and even his chances of reelection. Macron came to...

After a year of deep disruption, America is poised for a presidential election that renders a verdict on the nation's role in the world and the direction of its economy, on its willingness to contain an escalating pandemic and its ability to confront systemic racial inequity. But the two...

Israel on Saturday welcomed a declaration by the Dominican Republic that the Caribbean country may consider moving its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. The Dominican Republic’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday it was evaluating the step at the request of the local Jewish...

European champions Bayern Munich went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday as Thomas Mueller and Serge Gnabry provided the goals with Robert Lewandowski rested for their 2-1 win at Cologne. Bayern coach Hansi Flick opted to leave out Lewandowski, who scored a record 10 goals in the opening...

Police stepped in Saturday to shield health workers gathered in Bern to demand better working conditions, after protesters against fresh virus restrictions tried to disrupt their demonstration. Around 1,000 health care professionals gathered in the Swiss capital Saturday afternoon to cap...

Valtteri Bottas said he had "the shakes" after snatching pole position for Sunday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix from his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton with a dramatic late lap in qualifying at Imola on Saturday. The Finn, who is 77 points adrift of series leader and six-time champion...

With Tuesday's US presidential election only days away, Donald Trump, Joe Biden and their top surrogates were barreling through the crucial states of Michigan and Pennsylvania Saturday, digging deep as they pressed their closing arguments. Underscoring the high stakes -- and the disruptive...

Russia Saturday pledged to "necessary" help for Yerevan in the conflict with Azerbaijan if fighting reached Armenian territory, after its ally requested security assistance. Armenia's request for assistance from Moscow further raised fears of Russia and Azerbaijan's ally Turkey getting...

Legendary actor Sean Connery, best known for playing fictional spy James Bond, has died at the age of 90, leading to an outpouring of tributes for one of Britain's best-loved screen heroes. Sir Sean's son Jason told the BBC that his father died peacefully in his sleep overnight while in the...

Lazio, already deprived of several players, announced on Saturday that it had put its entire squad in quarantine after positive coronavirus tests. Lazio fielded a depleted team in Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday and drew 1-1 without last season's top European scorer Ciro...