In US, millions skipping their second doses of Covid vaccines April 25, 2021 at 02:11PM

Migrants begged for help at sea, shamefully ignored: Pope April 25, 2021 at 02:15AM

UK's Boris Johnson paid for apartment refurbishment himself, minister says April 25, 2021 at 01:39AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson personally covered the cost of refurbishing his Downing Street flat, a minister said, seeking to quash claims by Johnson's former top adviser that the prime minister had planned to get donors to pay for it secretly.

Spanish man charged with infecting 22 people with Covid-19 April 25, 2021 at 12:56AM

A Spanish man with Covid-19 symptoms who coughed on work colleagues and told them "I'm going to give you all the coronavirus" has been charged with intentionally causing injury after allegedly infecting 22 people.

Albanians vote in election after a bitter political fight April 25, 2021 at 12:09AM

Albanians are voting in parliamentary elections on Sunday amid the virus pandemic and a bitter rivalry between the two largest political parties.

At least 82 die in Baghdad Covid hospital fire: Interior Ministry April 24, 2021 at 11:48PM

A fire sparked by an oxygen tank explosion killed at least 82 people and injured 110 at a hospital in Baghdad that had been equipped to house Covid-19 patients, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. "We urgently need to review safety measures at all hospitals to prevent such a painful incident from happening in future," spokesman Khalid al-Muhanna told state television, announcing the toll.

Iraq's PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi fires key hospital officials after deadly blaze April 24, 2021 at 11:08PM

Iraq's prime minister fired key hospital officials Sunday hours after a fire broke out in an intensive care unit for coronavirus patients in Baghdad, causing deaths and injuries.

Armenia PM Nikol Pashinyan steps down to clear way for early elections April 24, 2021 at 10:50PM

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stepped down on Sunday ahead of an early general election he called following criticism over his handling of last year's conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Chad rebels say they are ready for ceasefire and talks April 24, 2021 at 10:16PM

Rebels in northern Chad are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last week, a rebel spokesman said on Sunday.

Turkey summons US Ambassador over genocide announcement April 24, 2021 at 09:45PM

Turkey's foreign ministry has summoned the US Ambassador in Ankara to protest the US decision to mark the deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as "genocide."

At least 6 killed in fiery van crash on Georgia interstate April 24, 2021 at 09:37PM

At least six people died and several others were hurt in an interstate crash in Georgia that left a passenger van engulfed in flames and rolled on its side, police said.

China, US differences continuing as Washington holds on to ‘misunderstandings': Wang April 24, 2021 at 09:18PM