The spiritual leader of the world’s 250 million Orthodox Christians was in “good” condition after testing positive for the coronavirus, his office said Friday. Eighty-one-year-old Patriarch...
The US will lift travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year’s Eve, the White House announced Friday. The restrictions, imposed last month, were...
At least three major airlines have reported canceling dozens of flights as illnesses largely tied to the omicron variant of COVID-19 take a toll on flight...
Morocco has extended a halt on international passenger flights on Friday until the end of January as it tries to rein in surging cases of the...
The United Arab Emirates has recorded another steep incline of new COVID-19 cases for another consecutive day. The country’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced...
France on Friday recommended that adults receive a COVID-19 booster vaccination three months after their initial jabs, reducing the current guideline of five months to better...
Dozens of officials have been punished over a virus outbreak in the locked-down city of Xi’an, China’s disciplinary body said Friday — the latest state reprimands...
A fire in the intensive care unit of a COVID-19 hospital killed two people on Friday in Russia’s southern city of Astrakhan, the TASS news agency...
The United Arab Emirates has banned entry to travelers from Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria due to concerns related to the spread of the omicron COVID-19...
US President Joe Biden’s steps to backstop hospitals and distribute coronavirus test kits, however welcome, are too little too late to stem a surge of omicron-related...
