The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he has urged Italy not to unnecessarily impede NGOs that operate migrant rescue ships in the central Mediterranean, as warmer wea...

A top Chinese diplomat has called U.S. policy on China “too negative,” saying it highlights confrontation over cooperation.

Three members of an advisory council for the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland have resigned after the government appointed a former Polish prime minister from the coun...

Ten liberal senators are urging President Joe Biden to back India and South Africa’s appeal to the World Trade Organization to temporarily relax intellectual property rul...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Iran says it has started enriching uranium up to 60% purity, its highest level ever, after the sabotage at its Natanz nuclear site this past weekend.

The Africa CDC director says he wants to believe that India will lift export restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible, warning that “India is not an island” ...

A photo symbolizing “love and compassion” of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent “hug curtain” has ...

Germany saw a drop in reported crime last year, partly due to pandemic restrictions that kept people indoors, although there was a rise in child abuse, domestic violence ...

Iran has finalized a deal with Russia to purchase 60 million doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.

Ukraine’s top diplomat is asking for stronger Western backing amid escalating tensions in the country’s east and a Russian troop buildup across the border.

The ousted Myanmar ambassador to Britain has appealed to the British government to help him as he faced eviction from his London residence.

A look at which U.S. states are leading at vaccinating against the coronavirus and which states are struggling is beginning to resemble America's electoral map.

South Africa’s decision to suspend the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to preliminary reports of rare blood clots has left the country without any shots as it st...

European countries are diverging on whether to push ahead with giving residents Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of very rare blood clots in a handful o...

Leaders from Britain’s aviation industry have joined forces to urge the British government to ensure that popular European destinations face the least onerous coronavirus...

Greece says it is to hold talks with Libya on delineating maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean, following a meeting between the Greek prime minister and the head of t...

A lobbying scandal swirling around former British Prime Minister David Cameron has deepened with claims that a senior civil servant held down a part-time job with a now-b...

In a stinging rebuke to pharma giant AstraZeneca, the head of the European Union's executive arm has announced plans for a major contract extension for COVID-19 vaccines ...

A senior U.S. official has berated Lebanese politicians for fighting over the formation of a new government for months while millions endure mounting economic hardship.

A state-run newspaper says Myanmar’s military junta has charged at least 19 medical doctors for participating in civil disobedience protests against the Feb. 1 coup.

Hospital officials say a fire at an elementary school in Niger's capital has killed 20 children.

Haiti's Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe has resigned as the country faces a spike in killings and kidnappings and prepares for an upcoming constitutional referendum and gene...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has received his second COVID-19 vaccine shot, three weeks after getting the first dose.