Al Jazeera has called on the Egyptian government to release Mahmoud Hussein, an Al Jazeera journalist held in Egypt for more than three years, citing deep concerns about his health amid the coronavirus

Officials in Ohio on Monday said they would seek to postpone Tuesday's primary election in that state because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ohio's Republican Governor Mike DeWine said he was recommending

Pope Francis left the Vatican to make a surprise visit Sunday to two churches in Rome to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic — a move that came even as Italian health authorities insisted people

The Latest on the world's coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 150,000 people and killed more than 5,700. The disease for most people causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can

A Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed early Friday as he served a homicide warrant at a home, and several people were arrested, including the subject of the warrant, officials said.Cpl. James

Turkish and Russian officials have largely agreed on details of a ceasefire deal in Syria's war-battered Idlib province, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday, the third day of discussions

An armed gang of 10 stole about $15 million in cash after raiding a security van at an airport in Santiago, Chile, on Monday.The heist took place at about midday local time (11 a.m. ET), when a group of

The Trump administration on Monday downplayed the threat posed by the widening coronavirus outbreak, while U.S. stock markets plummeted after the open of trading on fears of a looming global recession.The

A former Denmark football international recently traveled to Amsterdam and there in the Dutch city he contracted coronavirus.Thomas Kahlenberg, who has represented his country at the 2010 World Cup, then

The failure of Europe's biggest regional airline Flybe could be the start of more casualties, analysts predict.On Thursday, a global airline industry body warned the financial hit from coronavirus could

A spike in novel coronavirus in India has prompted concerns that the world's second-most populous country could face its own outbreak of the deadly virus, which to date has infected more than 94,900 people

The World Bank has committed $12bn (£9.4bn) in aid for developing countries grappling with the spread of the coronavirus.The emergency package includes low-cost loans, grants and technical assistance.The

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised an earlier live-fire rocket artillery exercise to confirm his military's combat readiness and "further kindle the flames of training revolution," state media

England are into the Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals after a 46-run thrashing of West Indies in their final group game in Sydney.Natalie Sciver once again starred with the bat, making 57 from 56 balls

A woman has died after taking a single sip of wine laced with the drug MDMA, prosecutors in the Belgian city of Antwerp have said.The unnamed 41-year-old woman from the town of Puurs collapsed in December

Fear of the spreading coronavirus has led to a global run on sales of face masks despite medical experts' advice that most people who aren't sick don't need to wear them.Many businesses are sold out, while

Ireland's men's and women's Six Nations games against Italy in Dublin on 7 and 8 March have been postponed because of coronavirus.Irish Health Minister Simon Harris said on Tuesday the men's game should

Political institutions failed to respond to historical claims of child sexual abuse but there was no evidence of an organised paedophile network at Westminster, an inquiry has found.The Independent Inquiry

Haitian police officers exchanged gunfire for hours Sunday with soldiers of the newly reconstituted army outside the national palace, in a dangerous escalation of protests over police pay and working

US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert."Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, crash-landed his steam-powered rocket shortly after take-off near Barstow