Italy's President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on Thursday, triggering a snap election following the resignation of the country's Prime Minister Mario Draghi earlier in the day.
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he's tested positive for Covid-19 but will continue to work while in isolation at the White House despite his mild symptoms.
Rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on Ethiopian authorities to launch an "impartial" investigation into last month's killing of more than 400 members of an ethnic group that is a minority in the country’s Oromia region.
Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control says it is on a high alert following Ghana's confirmation of two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola.