As many as 115 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty this year due to the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank warned Wednesday. That is higher than the bank previously estimated, even as recently as August, when the worst case was put at 100...

President Tayyip Erdogan’s strong backing for Azerbaijan in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh has set Turkey apart from other big nations and alarmed NATO allies that are demanding a ceasefire. But for Erdogan, the resolute stance is a strategic priority and a costly necessity that...

India’s coronavirus caseload crossed 6.7 million Wednesday as the country registered 72,049 infections in the past 24 hours.  The overall tally of coronavirus cases in the country has now reached 6,757,131, according to the Health Ministry. There were also 986 new fatalities...

US President Donald Trump, under coronavirus quarantine in the White House and restricted from traveling, is grasping for ways to put a spark back in his struggling re-election bid and mount a big comeback with four weeks left until Election Day. Trump, who is still contagious, has been looking...