The World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the new coronavirus and voiced alarm it was taking hold in Africa. The United Nations agency would like to see an easing, but at the same time...

Top oil producers struggled to finalise production cuts during a virtual summit held by G20 energy ministers on Friday, despite US President Donald Trump's mediation efforts to end a standoff with Mexico. The final G20 communique appeared to gloss over simmering divisions over energy...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian military police will set up observation points in northeastern Ras Al-Ayn region to halt skirmishes between Turkish-backed forces and Kurdish militias, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The new outposts will be constructed between the towns of Tel Tamr and Abu...

Rifat Chadirji, known as the father of modern Iraqi architecture, died late Friday in the United Kingdom after contracting the novel coronavirus, friends and Iraqi officials have said. The 93-year-old architect and photographer is credited with designing some of Iraq's most well-known...