Austria and Greece shutter schools; 26 million people in Italy under tight restrictions; 10 COVID-19 patients die in Romania hospital fire

Retaliatory raids target Hamas posts and 'underground infrastructure,' army says; no reports of injuries or damage

Positive infection rate rises to 2.3% despite lower weekend testing; Health Ministry director-general confirms outbreak is growing with rate of infection per person now at 1.0

Journalists read many messages into the killing of al-Qaeda's No. 2 in Tehran, including proof of close US-Israel intel cooperation, and Iran getting into bed with the enemy

After first public speech in over a week, what dominated social media talk was US president's normally yellow mane becoming a more subdued shade

Of the 108,475 people newly registered as jobless in October, 16% were fired, compared with 9% in September; as in first lockdown, young people and women once again bear the brunt

2 other travelers who arrived from Denmark, where 12 people have caught variant strain, showing symptoms but yet to get results

But sources in Benny Gantz's party insist Netanyahu doesn't want to resolve issue, is seeking early elections to avoid handover of power