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WATCH: WHO announces worldwide record 350,000 new daily cases

By Associated Press

The U.N. health agency says the confirmed daily high of 350,766 cases surpasses by nearly 12,000 a record set earlier this week. That tally includes more than 109,000 cases from Europe.

World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

By Associated Press

The Rome-based United Nations agency has long specialized in getting assistance to some of the world’s most dangerous and precarious places and provided assistance to almost 100 million people in 88 countries last year.

DOD surprised by Trump's intent to accelerate U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, the Taliban have welcomed an announcement by President Trump that all U.S. troops should leave the country by the end of the year. But there are questions about how that declaration was received by the U.S. military --…

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Why fighting between Armenia, Azerbaijan has regional implications

By Simon Ostrovsky

Fighting has broken out between two former Soviet republics, Azerbaijan and Armenia, over Nagorno Karabakh, an enclave of ethnic Armenians. Hundreds of lives have been lost since the violence started on September 27th, but with most of the world distracted…

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Israel extends restrictions on protests amid virus lockdown

By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

The Israeli government has approved the extension of an emergency provision that bars public gatherings, including widespread protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for an additional week.

Brazil strains at quarantine as virus cases pass 5 million

By David Biller, Associated Press

Brazil has surpassed 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and is verging on 150,000 dead. However, Brazilians are burned out on quarantine.

U.S. sanctions hit all of Iran's financial sector

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The Trump administration has blacklisted virtually all of Iran’s financial sector, dealing another blow to an economy that is already reeling under U.S. sanctions. The move will deepen tensions with European nations over Iran.

World Trade Organization to be led by a woman for first time

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

The WTO announced Thursday that a selection committee found Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea qualified for the final round in a race expected to end in the coming weeks.

Czech Republic tops record infection surge in Eastern Europe

By Karel Janicek, Associated Press

The Czech government has announced further restrictions to contain the pandemic in the hardest hit-country in struggling Central and Eastern Europe, where a record surge of infections was also recorded in most other countries.