Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday as worries over a slow recovery in global fuel demand, depressed by the coronavirus pandemic, chimed with bleak outlook warnings by major oil producers. Brent crude  was down 4 cents, or 0.1%, at $39.57 a barrel by 0642 GMT, while U.S. West Texas...

A fire erupted in a landmark building in central Beirut’s commercial district on Tuesday before being put out, a civil defence official and Reuters witness said. The fire erupted in a futuristic seafront building that was close to completion after years of construction. Lebanese...

The Americas continue to register some of the worst coronavirus numbers in the world, failing to flatten the curve.   Worldwide, there are nearly 30 million confirmed cases, half of which have been recorded in the region.  Latin America and the Caribbean have surpassed 8...

A Katyusha rocket landed early Tuesday inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the US embassy and many other diplomatic missions and government offices are located.  According to security sources, the rocket fell near the American embassy and sirens were heard from the...