Health body says situation depends on 'drastic and uncompromising' increase in vaccine-sharing across borders

If global index provider MSCI reclassifies Israel to Europe, as hoped, implications for Israeli capital market would be 'hugely significant,' say analysts

World Health Organization issues grim prediction for next 6-8 weeks, as Beijing announces sweeping lockdowns and Poland passes 100,000 deaths

Authorities in France, Austria, Ireland, Denmark cancel events, close theaters, and take other measures as coronavirus variant spreads

Leaders weigh tighter restrictions as surging cases and coming winter threaten to undo hard-won gains

World Health Organization estimates that the pandemic's overall toll could be two to three times the official tally

WHO says virus deaths rose by 10% in Europe in past week; agency official declares continent back at 'epicenter' of pandemic, mainly due to outbreaks in Russia and Eastern Europe

Germany and Croatia see new record numbers of daily infections, with continent recording some 3,600 deaths daily, led by Russia, Ukraine and Romania

Physicist Eliezer Rabinovici will head the CERN Council, which governs the organization and oversees major decisions including programs and budgets

As US tightened security, terror groups sought easier targets and found willing recruits among Muslim communities who had failed to integrate into mainstream society