A Norwegian ambassador who was involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the 1990s and most recently served in Jordan has resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, the country’s Foreign Ministry says.

The Jeffrey Epstein files have rocked Europe's elite, revealing ties to a prince, an ambassador, and top politicians.

The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned attacks on schools, teachers and children and called on all parties to promote the right to education in conflicts.

___BEIJING China on Wednesday reported reported four new confirmed coronavirus cases, one brought from abroad and three added retroactively after nucleic acid tests returned positive results. South Africa currently has the highest number of confirmed virus cases in Africa with more than 34,000, including 705 deaths. ___BAGHDAD -- Iraqs Health Ministry is reporting a record-breaking single-day spike in confirmed coronavirus cases that it says resulted from increased testing. The number of confirmed cases in Iraq tripled in the last two weeks as more people were tested. However, some experts warned that a daily increase of about 9,000 confirmed cases makes a quick lifting of the lockdown dangerous.