France reported 13,215 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, a new daily record. The health ministry also said that the total number of deaths from COVID-19 increased by 123 to 31,249. That would make the daily toll the highest in three months. Based Thursday's...

A Lebanon-based consulting company hit by US sanctions said Friday it was surprised by the move and accused Washington of seeking to choke the battered Lebanese economy. The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on an official from Hezbollah, a movement backed by Iran and deemed a...

Two Iraqi officials and a businessman have been arrested as part of a new anti-corruption drive spearheaded by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, government sources said Friday. The arrests represent a rare instance in which current officials -- usually deemed too well-connected to touch in...

Armed groups in the area of northern Syria controlled by Turkey may have committed war crimes and other violations of international law, the UN rights chief said Friday. Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the situation in those areas of Syria was...