A court in Belarus on Thursday sent two female journalists to prison for years on charges of violating public order after they covered a protest against the nation's authoritarian president. The...

Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19, but what qualifies as “enough” is still an open question. The goal is to get to...

In a shocking act of retaliation Thursday, Facebook blocked Australians from sharing news, a milestone in the increasingly frantic jockeying between governments, media and powerful tech companies that...

Amid signs that more infectious coronavirus variants are spreading unchecked across Europe, governments and EU leaders scrambled Wednesday to speed up vaccine efforts that have been hampered by...

The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital after feeling unwell, Buckingham Palace announced on Wednesday. Prince Philip, who is 99 years old, was taken to King Edward VII hospital in...

Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday they have reached an agreement to supply the European Union with another 200 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine. The U.S. and German companies said in a...

Mount Etna belched smoke and ashes on Tuesday, but Italian authorities said it posed no danger to the surrounding villages. The Catania airport was closed as a precaution. "We've seen worse," the...

Libyans on Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of their 2011 uprising that led to the overthrow and eventual killing of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi. The day comes as Libyans have their eyes...

Months after other major economies, Japan began giving the first coronavirus vaccines to front-line health workers Wednesday. Many are wondering if the campaign will reach enough people, and in time,...

A shipment of COVID-19 vaccines produced in China arrived in Hungary on Tuesday, making it the first of the European Union's 27 nations to receive a Chinese vaccine. A jet carrying 550,000...