The IMF is ready to "redouble its efforts" to help Lebanon once a new government is in place as the country reels following a massive explosion at Beirut's port, a fund official said Thursday. The country is facing a severe economic crisis after a neglected warehouse full of fertilizer...

Former world champion Sebastian Vettel has signed for the renamed Aston Martin team for the 2021 season "and beyond", the ambitious British Formula One outfit announced Thursday. The 33-year-old German won four consecutive titles from 2010 to 2013 with Red Bull before joining Ferrari, but...

Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos were camping on roadsides on Thursday after the country's largest camp burnt down, with officials racing to locate shelter and avert a health crisis. Desperate families, many with young children, spent a second night in the open,...

India on Thursday recorded its biggest one-day COVID-19 case rise yet, with nearly 96,000 fresh cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total number to date to 4.4 million. Indian Health Ministry figures Thursday morning showed that 95,735 new cases and 1,172 deaths were recorded in the...