Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow will order 10 U.S. diplomats to leave Russia in a retaliatory response to the U.S. sanctions

Three members of an advisory council for the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland have resigned after the government appointed a former Polish prime minister from the country’s right-wing ruling party to serve on the council

Iran says it has started enriching uranium up to 60% purity, its highest level ever, after the sabotage at its Natanz nuclear site this past weekend

A top Chinese diplomat has called U.S. policy on China “too negative,” saying it highlights confrontation over cooperation

South Africa took the first step in its mass vaccination campaign on Friday by starting online registrations for the elderly to receive shots beginning next month

Migrant workers are piling into rail stations in India’s financial capital Mumbai to go to their home villages as virus-control measures dry up work in the hard-hit region

After Prince Philip’s death last week at age 99, politicians and world leaders rushed to eulogize his lifetime of service to his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, and to the British nation

A Hong Kong court has sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates to up to 18 months in prison for organizing and participating in a massive march during the 2019 anti-government protests that triggered an overwhelming crackdown from Beijing

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been on a hunger strike since March 31, has described threats to force-feed him, using “straitjacket and other pleasures,” in a message from behind bars

A surge in violence is rattling Haiti and forcing families deeper into poverty to pay ransoms

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Soldiers, sailors and air force personnel are making final preparations for Prince Philip’s funeral

The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he has urged Italy not to unnecessarily impede NGOs that operate migrant rescue ships in the central Mediterranean, as warmer weather is expected to bring the usual seasonal uptick in the departure of smugglers’ boats from Libya

Ten liberal senators are urging President Joe Biden to back India and South Africa’s appeal to the World Trade Organization to temporarily relax intellectual property rules so coronavirus vaccines can be manufactured by nations that are struggling to inoculate their populations

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged parliament to pass a bill that would mandate a nationwide “emergency brake” when the spread of the coronavirus becomes too rapid, saying that it is needed to prevent the country’s health care system from becoming overwhelmed

A South Korean steelmaker on Friday said it plans to end a joint venture with a military-controlled firm in Myanmar following criticism that its business has benefited military leaders who have violently suppressed pro-democracy protests there

The U.S. is expelling 10 Russian diplomats and ordering sanctions against dozens of other people and companies

China’s success at controlling the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a population that has seemed almost reluctant to get vaccinated

Reports are emerging of Brazilian health workers forced to intubate patients without the aid of sedatives, after weeks of warnings that hospitals and state governments are running out of critical medicines

The U.S. is expelling 10 Russian diplomats and ordering sanctions against dozens of other people and companies