Topic: Al Jazeera

The death toll and cases from coronavirus are surging in two Latin American nations -- Brazil and Mexico -- while the pandemic stabilizes in other former hotspots, including Asia and Europe.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani was sworn in Monday for a second term amid rocket fire that could be heard near the presidential palace.

The Ukrainian Parliament selected Denys Shmygal to be the country's new prime minister Wednesday after President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for and received the resignation of Oleksiy Honcharuk.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Catalonia regional leader Quim Torra met Wednesday to begin dialogue to end secessionist-related violence in Spain that stems from previous Catalan attempts at independence.

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among the first to cast a ballot after polls opened for Iran's first parliamentary elections since the United States reimposed sanctions after leaving the 2015 nuclear deal.

A fire has killed at least 15 children in an unlicensed Haiti orphanage that a U.S. Christian non-profit runs, emergency officials said.

Protests broke out in the streets of Iraq Saturday after Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi was named Iraq's minister-designate.

Iraqi security forces moved closer to Iraq's main anti-government protest site Saturday after firing tear gas and live bullets near the location.

Demonstrators took to the streets of Lebanon again Wednesday, this time to protest the newly formed government announced one day earlier.

Hundreds of protesters were arrested and tear gassed this week in Lebanon as protests over the country's financial crisis turned violent.

U.S. and Taliban negotiators are working toward a deal to reduce the level of violence in Afghanistan during talks in Qatar Friday, officials said.

Syrian government airstrikes killed nearly two dozen civilians in Idlib province and violated the terms of a cease-fire agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday.

Thousands mourned Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and six others killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq, at funeral processions Saturday in Baghdad.

A Chinese aircraft carrier that recently entered the Taiwan Strait could be deployed to guard the South China Sea, Chinese state media said Monday.

Israel said it responded to rockets fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip by targeting several locations Saturday, two days after Egypt brokered a cease-fire in the region.