Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday as a drawdown in U.S. distillate stockpiles for the first time since March and a sharp drop in U.S. crude production faced concerns over fuel demand due to fresh outbreaks of COVID-19. Brent crude LCOc1 was down 14 cents, or 0.3%, at $40.82 a barrel by...

One person died and three children suffered injuries on Wednesday due to mines planted by Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar's militia in eastern Libya. Brig. Gen. Abdul-Hadi Dara, spokesman for the Sirte and al-Jafra operation, said that a shepherd died from a landmine explosion in the Um...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will highlight his plan to safely reopen a US economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday on his third visit this month to the must-win election battleground state of Pennsylvania. The former vice president met business owners struggling...

At least two-thirds of people in countries home to a fifth of the world's population support stricter laws and enforcement to tackle air pollution, the Clean Air Fund said Wednesday. Researchers from the consortium of philanthropic groups analysed YouGov polling data from India, Britain,...