Fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections shut six major food markets in Beijing on Friday, while India, which opened up this week, recorded a...
A study by a team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor has found that not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a person’s...
Hundreds of protesters blocked roads across Beirut and other areas Thursday evening, many chanting “the thawra [revolution] will return tonight” as the Lebanese pound plunged to...
U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, headed to must-win election battlegrounds on Thursday, seeking to make their cases to voters about who...
Switzerland’s lower house of parliament approved draft legislation on Thursday to let same-sex couples marry in a country that has lagged other parts of western Europe...
Moderna Inc on Thursday confirmed it plans to start a trial of 30,000 volunteers of its much-anticipated coronavirus vaccine in July as the company enters the final...
Layoffs in the United States are abating, but millions who lost their jobs because of COVID-19 continue to draw unemployment benefits, suggesting the labor market could...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing needs to take action to open up its market and...
A local US consulate employee was sentenced to nearly nine years in prison in Turkey Thursday for “aiding an armed terror group” that Ankara blames for...
A Lebanese environmental activist won a second Guinness World Record title for creating the largest mosaic made of bottle caps in a public park. Caroline Chaptini...
Egypt will extend a night-time curfew by a further two weeks in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Information Minister Osama Heikal said...