UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with coronavirus

Johnson’s office said he was hospitalized because he still has symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus.

Italy's front-line coronavirus heroes, in portraits

The doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets — the flimsy battle armor donned at the start of each shift as the only barrier to contagion.

Italy is 2nd country to surpass China's coronavirus case total

The country now has 86,498 cases, surpassing China to record the grim distinction of the second-most infections in the world, behind the U.S.

British PM Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

US surpasses China, Italy in number of COVID-19 cases with more than 82,000 reported

The United States has officially surpassed China and Italy in its number of COVID-19 cases, becoming the country with the most reported novel coronavirus cases in the world. 

Robert Levinson, retired FBI agent, presumed dead in Iranian custody over a decade after disappearance

Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent and private investigator who disappeared from an Iranian island in 2007, is believed to have died in Iranian custody, his family revealed in a statement Wednesday.

Japan PM: Tokyo Olympics postponed over coronavirus concerns

Japan’s NHK public television says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose a one-year postponement for the Tokyo Olympics during talks with IOC President Thomas Bach.

UN: 85% of new infections, deaths coming from Europe and US

The World Health Organization says infections and deaths globally from the new coronavirus are expected to increase “considerably” when global figures are published later Tuesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in quarantine

BERLIN (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after being informed that a doctor who administered a vaccine to her has tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Iran refuses to U.S. help against the coronavirus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran's supreme leader refused U.S. assistance Sunday to fight the new coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory claiming the virus could be man-made by America.