Google pledged $800 million worth of support Friday in response to the coronavirus pandemic for health organizations, researchers and businesses impacted by the crisis. The aid will come in the form of cash, ad credits, and cloud services from the California-based internet colossus,...

The United Nations, which had urged a global ceasefire in the face of the coronavirus crisis, on Thursday hailed armed groups in Cameroon, the Philippines and Yemen for heeding the call. The UN special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffith, said he was "heartened" to see positive responses from...

The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad congratulated Afghan political and civil society leaders on Friday on forming a negotiating team for talks with Taliban. “This consensus is a meaningful step that moves the parties significantly closer to intra-Afghan...

World Bank President David Malpass on Friday said poorer countries will need debt relief or restructuring so they can fund their fights against the coronavirus pandemic, and said the World Bank would present a debt-relief approach in April. “Poorer countries will take the hardest hit,...