Syria's Agriculture Minister Mohamed Hassan Qatna said that   ongoing “rigorous” investigations are underway on the fires that broke out in northwestern Hama province. The minister's statement to Al-Watan daily came in response to claims that fires were contrived as...

Oil prices were trading down more than 1% on Monday after hitting their lowest since July, as Saudi Arabia made the deepest monthly price cuts for supply to Asia in five months and optimism about demand recovery cooled amid the pandemic. Brent crude LCOc1 was at $42.11 a barrel, down 55...

A powerful typhoon lashed South Korea on Monday after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left four people missing in a landslide. Half a million people were without power after Typhoon Haishen roared past Japan's southern-most main island of Kyushu, ripping...

With coronavirus cases surging as a new school year begins, many Spanish parents are refusing to send their children back to class despite the threat of sanctions. "You have your whole life to learn, but if you lose your health, that's it," says Aroa Miranda, a 37-year-old mother-of-two who...