Citizens and residents of Kuwait got ready for a virtual nation-wide lockdown by rushing to supermarkets as authorities took exceptional measures against coronavirus, including banning all commercial passenger flights starting Friday. Streets in the Gulf Arab state were largely empty...

Manchester City's Champions League last 16, second leg with Real Madrid and Lyon's trip to Juventus became the latest high-profile football matches to be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, UEFA confirmed on Thursday. Juventus defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for the...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's communications chief, who met Donald Trump last weekend at his Florida resort, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the government said Thursday. Fabio Wajngarten, chief spokesman for the Brazilian government, traveled with Bolsonaro last...

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned Thursday "all options are on the table" a day after three US coalition members, including two US troops, were killed in a rocket attack in Iraq. Esper told reporters President Donald Trump had given him "the authority to do what we need to do," when...

Thirteen people were injured when two passenger trains collided Thursday in the Egyptian capital, the health ministry said, triggering a suspension in nationwide rail services. It said the casualties of the crash involving passengers from Upper Egypt were ferried to Cairo hospitals, as rail...

Bleary-eyed and stressed, travelers scrambled at European airports to board flights to the United States on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping travel restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus. The 30-day travel order will apply to citizens of 26 European...

Britain on Thursday demanded Iraqi authorities take action to hold to account those responsible for a rocket attack in Iraq which killed one British and two American personnel. “We must find those responsible. I welcome the Iraqi President’s call for an immediate investigation to hold...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen blocked southern separatist leaders from returning to Aden city, Yemeni officials said on Thursday, as a deal to end a power struggle in the south with the Saudi-backed government faltered. The separatists are part of a Sunni...

Lebanon’s banks are poised for a major shake-out as a planned restructuring of government debt is set to leave many financial players illiquid, say bankers. Banks are the largest creditors of the government, which is set to default after saying it would stop paying its foreign currency debt...

Stock markets in energy-rich Gulf states tumbled Thursday with Saudi shares down more than 4.0 percent following worldwide losses amid fears over the coronavirus pandemic and an oil price war. Dubai Financial Market dived more than 7.0 percent at the open on the last trading day of the...

Iraqi and United Nations officials scrambled Thursday to contain the fallout from an unprecedented rocket attack that killed three US-led coalition members and threatened yet another escalation of Iran-US tensions. Within hours of the attack on the Taji air base north of Baghdad -- the...

Iran said on Thursday that it has sought immediate financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund to help it combat one of the world's deadliest coronavirus outbreaks. According to a tweet by Iran's top diplomat, IMF chief Kristina Georgieva had "stated that countries affected by...

Algeria has registered its first coronavirus death, state radio reported on Thursday. It did not report any increase in the 20 cases confirmed there so far, mostly in the town of Blida. Algeria said this week it would ban economic, social and political gatherings, though it is not clear...

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus in Australia, the actor said on Twitter. Hanks said that he and Wilson, who are both 63, were tested in Australia, where he is working on a film, after they felt tired and achy with...

Juventus and Italy defender Daniele Rugani on Wednesday became the first Serie A footballer to test positive for coronavirus, the Italian champions confirmed. The 25-year-old "is currently asymptomatic," the Turin giants said, but the club is "currently activating all the isolation...

The EU will on Thursday assess the travel ban on Europe imposed by US President Donald Trump, European Council President Charles Michel said, adding "Economic disruption must be avoided." The tweet by Michel, who coordinates action by the leaders of the EU's 27 member states, followed an...

Red Bull's Max Verstappen said drivers were trying "to make the best" of the Australian Grand Prix during the coronavirus outbreak, as teams limit contact with fans and the media to protect their health. The season-opening race in Melbourne is set to go ahead as scheduled this weekend...

Three service members were killed, including two Americans, and a dozen more were injured when a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said Wednesday. One of the officials said five service members were seriously wounded and evacuated from the Camp...

Stocks are tumbling again Wednesday, and indexes lost 5 percent as Wall Street keeps reeling on worries about the coronavirus. The losses deepened after health authorities declared the crisis a pandemic, and the U.S. stock market came to the brink of ending one of its greatest-ever runs....

Ten rockets hit an Iraqi military base housing US soldiers near Baghdad Wednesday, in the 22nd attack against American military interests in the country since late October, an Iraqi military commander said. The attack against the Taji base did not wound anyone or cause any damage, the Iraqi...