Ali, an 18-year-old from Syria, arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced he would open the border to Europe. Now, he is stuck in a makeshift camp.

Denmark's government is counting on most Danes to react to widespread closures with an attitude of social solidarity.

Among the public in places such as Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan, surgical masks are widely believed to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Multilateral diplomacy could be key in stemming the spread of the outbreak of the coronavirus says Nicholas Burns, former United States ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

For most asylum-seekers stranded in Lesbos, the future is uncertain — even more so now because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Daily worship has changed at the Western Wall and other holy sites throughout the city.

This family of four ended up being the sole detainees of an Australian immigration detention center in the middle of the Indian Ocean for months.

The US lags behind nearly all other countries when it comes to sick leave. And when sick people come to work, viruses are harder to contain.

Almost everything Lebanon consumes is imported — and COVID-19 has struck as Lebanon slides deeper into an already bad financial crisis brought on by government corruption and mismanagement.

Seline Frederiksz, whose son died aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, said speaking up at the trial is "one of the last things that I can do" for the victims.