Even though it's facing much smaller outbreak compared with global virus hotspots, China has not relaxed its 'zero COVID' strategy, imposing stay-at-home orders in many areas

El Al employee tested negative twice before takeoff from Israel but then positive in Guangzhou on Thursday; Foreign Ministry aims to have her returned as early as Monday

Europe experiencing 60% of all COVID cases worldwide, though studies suggest Omicron may produce less severe symptoms than Delta

Senior official calls American decision 'bizarre,' as Jerusalem seen cozying up to Beijing despite human rights concerns over China's Uighur minority

Beijing seethes over Taiwan's invitation, Moscow says guest list shows US aiming to label countries as 'good' or 'bad;' Israel, Iraq only Mideast nations invited to December event

In new article, virologist Michael Worobey says his research 'provides strong evidence of a live-animal market origin of the pandemic,' rather than from a laboratory leak

Committee demands Beijing end its crimes, including 'forced sterilization, torture, sexual violence, and forced labor,' against Muslim minority

Scientists blame China for playing large part in sending pollution back toward 2019 record after COVID lockdowns provided one-year reprieve, with numbers expected to rise for years

As things stand 'there is a serious risk that Glasgow will not deliver,' warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, calling reports of progress 'an illusion'

Milley is 1st Pentagon official to confirm nature of Beijing test of nuclear-capable hypersonic weapon that orbited Earth then reentered atmosphere