Leading Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt said on Wednesday it appeared some did not understand that French-led efforts to get Lebanon out of crisis were the last chance to save the country. “It appears that some did not understand or did not want to understand that the French initiative...

Japan's parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as the country's new prime minister on Wednesday. Suga, a close confidante of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Monday was elected to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He won the votes of 314 members of the parliament...

India surpassed the 5 million mark in coronavirus cases Wednesday as the country continues to battle the spread of the disease.    Health Ministry figures showed that 90,123 fresh cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to...

 Israel bombed Gaza Wednesday morning after rocket fire from the territory coinciding with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's signing of normalization deals with the UAE and Bahrain in Washington. At least two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip the previous evening, one of which...