The number of confirmed coronavirus infections jumped over one million on Friday, the health ministry reported on its website. Over the past 24 hours, France registered 42,032 new cases, taking the total to 1,041,075. This makes France the seventh country to report more than one million...

Two Turkish-French women were violently manhandled by the police last week in France’s Grand Est region.   Video and photos of the incident sparked outrage on social media, with some people accusing the French police of discrimination. One of the women, 22-year-old...

One year after mass protests pushed him to resign, Saad Hariri is back as Lebanon's prime minister designate to draw together a pro-reform cabinet that can save the crisis-hit country. What circumstances brought him back? What do the international community and key players inside the...

Two more senior Palestinian officials have tested positive for the novel coronavirus as veteran chief negotiator Saeb Erekat fights for his life in an Israeli hospital, one of them told AFP. Palestine Liberation Organization central committee member Azzam al-Ahmad said he and social...