State-owned Kuwait Airways said Thursday it will lay off 1,500 expatriate employees due to "significant difficulties" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The loss-making national carrier, which has a total of some 6,925 employees, has struggled amid the regional and worldwide downturn in...

The US coronavirus death toll passed 100,000, as some countries reimposed social distancing rules following a resurgence of cases that raised the specter of a dreaded second wave of infections. The economic fallout from the pandemic was again laid bare Thursday as airlines reported fresh...

Russia on Thursday reported the highest-ever number of fatalities caused by the novel coronavirus infection, with 174 people claimed over the past day, raising the death toll to 4,142. But recoveries also outnumbered new cases for the third day in a row, as over the last 24 hours 8,785...

Turkish and Russian military elements performed the 13th joint patrol along a key highway in Idlib, northwestern Syria, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Thursday. “Within the framework of TUR-RF Agreement/Protocol, the 13th TUR-RF Combined Land Patrol on M-4 Highway in Idlib...