The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidance Friday to recommend that governments ask everyone to wear fabric face masks in public areas where there is a risk of transmission of COVID-19 to help reduce the spread of the pandemic disease. In its new guidance, prompted by evidence...

 France demanded Friday that Franco-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, whom Tehran has sentenced to six years in prison, be released immediately, saying her detention was harming trust between the two countries. "One year ago, Fariba Adelkhah was arbitrarily arrested in Iran. It is...

Airbus is ready to sue airlines that refuse to honour contracts to take aircraft, its chief executive was quoted Friday as saying, raising the stakes in a stand-off between some manufacturers and airlines over the coronavirus crisis. The warning came as Airbus prepared to unveil what...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday said he expected metals giant Norilsk Nickel to fully restore the environment after an unprecedented Arctic fuel spill, as responders said they had managed to stop the slick from spreading further. A national-level state of emergency was announced...