The US has recorded more than 250,000 deaths from Covid-19, a bleak marker as cases soar once again across the country. According to Johns Hopkins University, the country has now

Peruvian lawmaker Francisco Sagasti was sworn in as interim president on Tuesday, voted for by Congress in an effort to return stability to a country that has seen deadly protests

President Donald Trump asked senior advisers last Thursday about potential options for attacking Iran’s main nuclear site, according to US media reports. The New York Times reports that an Oval

Although the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines appear to be a major pointer towards defeating the pandemic, WHO has warned that vaccines alone cannot win the fight against the virus. Reacting

Michigan and Washington are the latest US states to announce renewed efforts to combat the coronavirus as more than 11 million cases of COVID-19 have now been reported in the

US President Donald Trump has seemingly taken credit for the creation of two new vaccines in the battle against the coronavirus, saying the discoveries took place “on my watch.” Drugmaker

Peru’s interim president resigned Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation’s popular leader. In a

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. “He will carry on working from Downing Street, including

Fifteen countries have formed the world’s largest trading bloc, covering nearly a third of the global economy. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is made up of 10 Southeast Asian

Mexico has registered one million total coronavirus cases, with almost 100,000 confirmed deaths. The country has a death rate of about 76 deaths per 100,000 people, with more health workers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday announced that Israel signed a deal with Pfizer to purchase millions of coronavirus vaccine shots, days after the US pharmaceutical firm said data suggested

 Ten people died on Saturday in a fire at a Romanian hospital treating coronavirus patients, the country’s agency for emergency situations (ISU) said. The blaze broke out in the intensive

Boarded-up windows outside flagship branches of department stores Galeries Lafayette and Printemps bore testimony on Saturday to the impact of a COVID-19 lockdown in Paris. On what would usually be

At least 42 people have been killed after a typhoon in large parts of a northern Philippines province caused extensive flooding. Troops, police, coast guard and disaster-response teams rescued tens

Trade talks between the UK and EU are reaching the “make or break” point, the two sides have said, with key points of difference proving hard to resolve. EU sources

The serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper has died. Peter Sutcliffe, 74, was one of the UK’s most notorious prisoners, having murdered at least 13 women across the north