Lockdown measures taken in Italy over the coronavirus pandemic will be extended beyond their original deadlines, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Thursday. Imposed nationally on March 12, the shutdown of most businesses and a ban on public gatherings in Italy, the European country worst...

World finance leaders tried to lift confidence with emergency measures to pour cash into panic-stricken markets on Thursday, as investors everywhere dumped assets, switching to dollars amid the escalating coronavirus pandemic. Policymakers in the United States, Europe and Asia have slashed...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have detained at least 50 men in eastern Deir province in an arrest campaign tracking wanted people, local activists said Thursday. The oil-rich province is divided between the US-backed Kurdish forces and Iran-run militias.  Also in...

Public Health England is working on an antibody test which will show who has had the novel coronavirus despite having no symptoms.  Research on the test is progressing quickly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday at a press conference in Downing Street. “The great thing...