The Taliban has taken responsibility for a suicide bombing Thursday that killed five civilians, calling it retaliation for statements by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani blaming the Taliban for an attack against a maternity hospital in Kabul this week that killed 24 people, including two newborns.
Dozens of scientists are sitting in quarantine, waiting for permission to sail forth and capture a crucial moment in the polar calendar that's essential to their year-long Arctic research mission.
Sen. Richard Burr stepped aside as chairman of the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday after the FBI served a search warrant for his phone as part of an ongoing insider-trading investigation tied to the coronavirus pandemic.
A whistleblower who says he was removed from his government post for raising concerns about coronavirus preparedness told a congressional hearing on Thursday that the U.S. could face "the darkest winter" of recent times if it does not improve its response to the pandemic.
After three deadlocked and divisive elections, and a year and a half of political paralysis, Israel was finally swearing in a new government on Thursday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu securing a historic fifth term in office thanks to a controversial power-sharing deal with rival-turned-partner Benny Gantz.
After three deadlocked and divisive elections, and a year and a half of political paralysis, Israel was finally swearing in a new government on Thursday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu securing a historic fifth term in office thanks to a controversial power-sharing deal with rival-turned-partner Benny Gantz.
Almost three million Americans filed for government jobless benefits last week, bringing the eight-week total during the coronavirus pandemic to more than 36 million people.
The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said it's possible the new coronavirus may be here to stay, warning it's impossible to predict when the pandemic might be controlled.
A vaccine to counter the novel coronavirus could be approved in about a year in an "optimistic" scenario, a agency that approves medicines for the European Union said on Thursday.
Egypt's crowded, polluted capital, Cairo, is about to get a rival, in a gleaming new city that is meant to be home to 6.5 million people.
A strong typhoon has slammed into the eastern Philippines where authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people while trying to avoid the virus risks of overcrowding storm shelters
A distinct feature of the U.S. health system is that many people get insurance through their job. But a surge in COVID-19-related unemployment has left many Americans without coverage.
New Zealand's government plans to borrow and spend vast amounts of money as it tries to keep unemployment below 10 per cent in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
