The Pentagon said Friday it would keep two aircraft carrier task forces in the Gulf region after carrying out strikes in Iraq on five depots for Iran-supplied rockets. Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie said the two carrier groups would be staying in the region for a...

Thunderstorms and flooding around Egypt entered a second day Friday, interrupting daily life in much of the country, including the capital Cairo, as the death toll rose to 18, authorities said. Most of the fatalities took place in the country's rural areas and run-down slums. At least six...

 A U.S air strike hit an Iraqi civilian airport under construction in the holy Shi’ite Muslim city of Kerbala and killed one worker, Iraqi religious authorities said on Friday. The United States said earlier it had mounted a series of precision air strikes on Thursday against an...

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump should blame attacks against U.S. and allied forces in Iraq on their “presence and behavior”. “Instead of undertaking dangerous steps and resorting to baseless accusations, Trump should review the illegal...

Iraq’s military condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday and said they had killed six people and wounded 12, describing it as targeted aggression against the nation’s formal armed forces and a violation of sovereignty. The Pentagon said the strikes targeted five weapons stores used by...

With the collapse in oil prices and a rampaging coronavirus outbreak, Iran’s living through a perfect storm that some in Washington believe the 40-year-old Islamic Republic will be unable to survive. A change of regime or outlook in Iran has long been a goal of U.S. governments, pursued...

As he watches his troops firing rockets and artillery shells, one of the many things that marks North Korean leader Kim Jong Un out from the officers alongside him is his coronavirus mask: it isn't there. Kim has overseen multiple military drills in recent weeks as Pyongyang mounts an...

The Players Championship golf event was halted after one round and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix scrapped as the unprecedented shutdown of elite sport triggered by the coronavirus pandemic continued around the globe on Friday. In a frenetic 24 hours, Europe’s leading football...

Sudan's economy has sunk into a deep crisis since the overthrow of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir almost a year ago, risking collapse and social unrest in a country in transition. Mass protests erupted in Sudan in late 2018 against a government decision to triple bread prices....

Chelsea's players and coaching staff were ordered into isolation as Callum Hudson-Odoi became the first Premier League player confirmed to have the new coronavirus late on Thursday. The news casts the viability of this weekend's games further into doubt after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta...

Saudi Aramco is expected to announce a drop in profits as it unveils Monday its first annual results since its listing, as the energy giant grapples with sinking oil prices. The 2019 financial results follow an initial public offering on the domestic stock exchange in December, which raised...

A second patient has been diagnosed with coronavirus in Turkey, the country’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Friday after Ankara announced a series of measures to curb the spread of the virus. Koca wrote on Twitter that the second patient, whose test results came on Thursday...

Formula One's season was thrown into turmoil Friday with the Australian Grand Prix cancelled just hours before cars were due to hit the track amid fears that more races will be called off as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll. The decision follows April's Chinese Grand Prix being...

Greece on Friday prepared to swear in the first woman president in its history as the country grapples with over a hundred coronavirus cases. Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, a 63-year-old senior judge, will become the new Greek head of state for a five-year term. She will take her oath in...

The U.S. launched airstrikes in Iraq Thursday, American officials said, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at a base north of Baghdad. One U.S. official said multiple strikes...

Britain likely has between 5,000 and 10,000 people infected with coronavirus, the government’s chief scientific adviser said on Thursday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson stepped up the response to the outbreak. Stock markets tumbled across the world, with Britain’s FTSE 100 down 10.9%, its...

Algerians are watching to see whether a global epidemic will do what the ruling authorities they describe as le pouvoir - the powers that be - have failed to achieve, and quell a year of mass protests. The street demonstrations in Algiers and other cities take place on Fridays and Tuesdays,...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went into isolation Thursday while his wife awaits results of a coronavirus test. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau returned late Wednesday from a speaking event in the U.K. and began to exhibit mild flu-like symptoms. She is also self-isolating at home...

The Dow Jones Industrials index was on course for its worst day since 1987 as President Donald Trump's sweeping move to restrict travel from Europe added to growing signs of corporate distress in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Airline stocks tanked 14.4 percent, while cruise liners...

Italy's death toll passed 1,000 Thursday, with 189 new fatalities taking its toll in just over two weeks to 1,016, second behind China, official data showed. The number of deaths was just below Italy's single-day record of 196 reported Wednesday. The number of daily infections rose to 2,651...