Libya's High Council of State early Tuesday decried warlord Khalifa Haftar's move of unilaterally declaring himself the ruler of the country. "What the war criminal Haftar said was a coup on the democratic path, not new but a continuation of his failed coups and to cover up his repeated...

A Turkish military cargo plane carrying medical supplies for use against the coronavirus pandemic departed on Tuesday for the US. "The loading process of the medical aid supplies to be delivered to the US by Turkish Armed Forces aircraft has been completed. Our aircraft carrying the medical...

A Palestinian teenager stabbed an Israeli woman Tuesday before being shot and wounded by a bystander, Israeli police said. The attack came on Israel's Memorial Day, when the country mourns those killed in wars and militant attacks. Israelis usually mark the occasion by visiting the graves...

Iran Tuesday announced 71 deaths from the novel coronavirus, and said there were also more than 1,000 new cases of infection in the Islamic republic. The fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours brought to 5,877 the overall death toll from the illness in the Middle East's hardest-hit...

A militant wearing a suicide vest struck an intelligence bureau in northern Iraq Tuesday, wounding at least three members of the security personnel, Iraqi officials said, blaming the attack on Daesh. Iraqi security forces had spotted two men, one wearing an explosive vest and a driver,...

US President Donald Trump suggested he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus pandemic which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the world, prompting a furious response from Beijing on Tuesday. Beijing and Washington have clashed repeatedly over the outbreak as...

The arthritis drug tocilizumab has shown early promise in preventing extreme inflammation in gravely ill COVID-19 patients, according to a French clinical study. The treatment, which suppresses the body's natural immune response, was found to reduce "significantly" the number of deaths or...

A 26-year-old protester died Tuesday from a bullet wound he sustained during overnight clashes between hundreds of anti-government demonstrators and the army in north Lebanon. Fawaz al-Samman's funeral was held in Al-Nour Square, the main protest camp in the city of Tripoli, and attended by...

Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said Tuesday that its forces conducted airstrikes on Al-Watiya airbase, which is controlled by militias loyal to renegade commander Khalifa Haftar.    GNA military spokesman Mohammed Kanunu issued a statement on...

Kim Jong Un may have missed a key holiday on April 15 because of concerns over the coronavirus, not because he is ill, South Korea's minister for North Korean affairs said Tuesday. North Korean leader Kim's absence from public ceremonies on the birth anniversary of his grandfather and...

The United States said Monday it was ready to recognize Israel's annexation of much of the West Bank but asked the new unity government also to negotiate with the Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has reached a power-sharing deal to remain in office after three...

A Brazilian supreme court judge on Monday ordered an investigation into accusations by ex-justice and security minister Sergio Moro that President Jair Bolsonaro sought to "interfere" with police investigations. In his decision, obtained by AFP, Judge Celso de Mello gave the federal police...

The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn't brought under control by next year, the organising committee's president said in comments published Tuesday. The pandemic has already forced a year-long delay of the Games, which are now scheduled to open...

World champion Lewis Hamilton said Formula One's coronavirus suspension had left a "big void" in his life as the sport waits to see if it can return in July. Hamilton, who began go-karting as a child and has risen through the ranks of motorsport, said he misses racing daily after the F1...

Lebanese authorities have started using forceful measures to try and bring the country's rapidly sliding national currency under control, as angry citizens block roads and attack banks in protest over rapidly eroding livelihoods. "My salary is now worth $100," a protester shouted during...

An Israeli court has ordered the Palestinian Authority to pay nearly $150 million in damages to the families of people killed in militant attacks. The decision comes following a lawsuit brought by Shurat Hadin, an Israeli legal advocacy group, on behalf of relatives of victims from a number...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to cooperate in the battle against the new coronavirus outbreak and to expand trade ties in a call Monday, according to Iran's official presidency website. Rouhani also asked Xi for help in ending U.S....

Despite recent progress, the majority of US states don't yet have sufficient COVID-19 testing capacity to consider relaxing stay-at-home orders after May 1, according to an analysis by Harvard researchers and the health news site Stat. It directly contradicts the position held by President...

The World Health Organization chief said Monday that the agency had sounded the highest level of alarm over the novel coronavirus early on, but lamented that not all countries had heeded its advice. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out that the WHO warned the COVID-19 outbreak constituted...

Russia overtook China in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, when its tally climbed above 87,000, as pressure rose on the government to consider easing lockdown restrictions for businesses to help shore up the rattled economy.  Russia, the world's largest country by...