Not only did existing conflicts persist during the pandemic, but new ones erupted, contributing to the displacement of at least 80 million people last year.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with the leaders of Egypt and Jordan to discuss rebuilding war-ravaged Gaza, largely avoiding talk of a long-term Israeli-Palestinian agreement.

The coronavirus is spreading faster per capita in Manitoba than in any other state or province in Canada, the United States or Mexico, and its hospitals are overflowing.

Brittle ties between Russia and Belarus.

The are casualties, but the exact number is uncertain.

Important immune cells survive in the bone marrow of people who were infected with the virus or were inoculated against it, new research suggests.

They called her the Orphan Girl. She yearned to escape poverty and misfortune. It all ended in sorrow.

Lawyers for the European Union told a Brussels court that if the company does not deliver 90 million doses by the end of June, the bloc would seek a penalty of €10 per dose per day.

For those trying to catch up on the “state hijacking” of an airplane, the arrest of a dissident and what preceded it.