World

The Security Council last met on Afghanistan in June, but the situation in the conflict-ridden country has rapidly worsened since then.

It said the cases of Alpha variant have been reported in 182 countries, territories or areas, while 135 countries have reported cases of the Delta variant, which was first identified in India.

The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, a White House official said Wednesday.

Europe's drug regulator said the Delta variant of the coronavirus will account for 90% of strains in circulation in the European Union by the end of August.

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a years delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:

Fortyone people were killed in a road accident in southcentral Mali on Tuesday, when a truck carrying goods and market workers collided with a passenger bus, the transport ministry said.

Tunisia's powerful labour union urged the president on Tuesday to rapidly announce a new government that should be small and led by an experienced premier, after he seized executive control in a move his opponents called a coup.

Hawaii officials wrongly arrested a homeless man for a crime committed by someone else, locked him up in a state hospital for more than two years, forced him to take psychiatric drugs and then tried to cover up the mistake by quietly setting him free with...

New York (AP) A tanker ship allegedly used in an illegal scheme to smuggle oil to North Korea has a brand-new owner: the US government. A federal judge in New York City issued a judgment of forfeiture Friday authorizing the US to take ownership of the 2...

The family of a Maryland woman who unwittingly spurred a research bonanza when her cancer cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 has hired a prominent civil rights lawyer to seek compensation from pharmaceutical companies.

A Briton and a Romanian were killed when an Israelimanaged petroleum product tanker came under attack on Thursday off the coast of Oman, the company said on Friday, in an incident that Israel's foreign minister blamed on Iran and said deserved a harsh res...

The U.S. State Department said on Friday it has approved the potential sale of 18 CH53K heavy lift helicopters to Israel in a deal valued at up to $3.4 billion.

The incident comes amid heightened tensions over Iran's tattered nuclear deal and as negotiations over restoring the accord have stalled in Vienna.

A former CIA officer accused of spying for China is asking for a mental competency evaluation after telling his attorney he believes he is suffering from the early stages of Alzheimers disease and is having trouble remembering things.

A man was injured by a jaguar at a Florida zoo after climbing over a barrier and moving too close to the animal's enclosure, officials said.

Chicago will get an elected school board for the first time under a measure signed into law Thursday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.