Oil prices fell on Thursday on demand concerns driven by cautious views from OPEC+ producers and the U.S. Federal Reserve regarding economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Brent crude LCOc1 was down 46 cents, or 1%, at $44.91 a barrel at 1159 GMT, and West Texas Intermediate...

Europe can combat the new coronavirus without full lockdowns now that authorities are better prepared and have gained knowledge about how to fight it in recent months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Thursday. "With the basic nationwide and additional targeted measures, we are in a...

Human rights monitors sounded the alarm over a recent spike in assassinations targeting civil rights activists in Iraq's south Thursday, ahead of a much anticipated meeting between the prime minister and the US president as part of ongoing strategic talks. Mustafa al-Kadhimi departed for an...

Israeli soldiers fired at Palestinians who were to believed to be preparing to attack Israeli cars in the occupied West Bank Thursday, the military said, and Palestinian officials said a Palestinian teenager was killed. A military spokeswoman said members of a "terrorist squad" were hit by...