China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi concludes a five-day tour of Africa this weekend without making a single concrete vaccine commitment to a continent hoping a benevolent Beijing will help inoculate its population out of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis has said the Vatican will begin Covid-19 vaccinations next week and that he is in line to receive the jab.

Ten newborn babies died in a hospital fire in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Friday, according to the country's state-run broadcaster Doordarshan.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is developing new weaponry including a nuclear-powered submarine, tactical nuclear weapons and advanced warheads designed to penetrate missile defense systems.

One year after the Covid-19 outbreak began, countries around the world are racing to secure and distribute vaccines to their citizens.

A year ago, a rare thing happened to American women.

Canada continues to set new daily records for Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths as officials plead with Canadians to follow public health guidance aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.

Prominent Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has been arrested by police in the country for the third time in six months, his lawyer told CNN on Friday.

Parked cars plummeted into a 20,000 square foot sinkhole when it opened up in the parking lot of the Ospedale del Mare in Naples, Italy.

Iran has unveiled an underground base for "strategic missiles" on its Gulf coastline, according to state media.