Thursday was a day of contrasts on the front lines of the battle against the new coronavirus. In a sign of hope, the Chinese city of Wuhan reported no new homegrown infections, but in a star... Read more

With the Israeli government enacting a series of emergency measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing accusations that he is expl... Read more

In an rare nationwide TV address, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on citizens to do their part in helping to overcome the COVID-19 outbreak. Germany is now one of Europe’s h... Read more

Mohamed Abdelghaffar Ousted Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, helped Iran increase its influence in his country over the years of his rule. Iranian proxies Sudan is an important country fo... Read more

Ahmed Adel Following the example of an agreement between the Taliban and the United States that was signed in February, Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, al-Qaeda’s branch in the Sah... Read more

Nahla Abdel Moneim The Afghan government has postponed the release of Taliban prisoners, Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for the Afghan National-Security Adviser’s office, said on March 15.... Read more

Hospitals and doctors in Yemen have been targeted at least 120 times by the conflict’s warring parties, according to a report that gives the most comprehensive analysis to date of the devast... Read more

Joe Biden swept three key primaries in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday night, dominating a third consecutive week of elections as he built a nearly indomitable lead in the race for... Read more

Iran reported its single biggest jump in deaths from the new coronavirus, saying Wednesday another 147 had died in a nearly 15 percent spike that raises the death toll to 1,135 people nation... Read more

Qatar Airways laid off around 200 employees, all Filipino nationals based in Qatar, this week as the coronavirus outbreak forces the Middle East carrier slashes flights. Philippine Labor Sec... Read more

European nations remain committed to the 2016 European Union-Turkey refugee deal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Tuesday, following a four-way video conference with her Turkish,... Read more

Five years ago, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled from Syria and elsewhere to the countries of the European Union, sparking what was widely described as a “migrant crisis.” Today, anoth... Read more

Sina Kalan, 36, walks out of the bathroom feeling like a new man. His beard is gone and drops of water trickle down his freshly-shaved skin. He has been waiting for this moment for 12 days.... Read more