Oil slipped to around $26 a barrel on Friday as weak demand due to the coronavirus crisis and excess supply pressured the market, even as OPEC and its allies began a record output cut. The global oil benchmark, Brent crude, has collapsed 60 percent in 2020 and reached a 21-year low last...

The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus surged to 6,091, as 63 new deaths were reported over the past 24 hours, state media said on Friday. A total of 1,006 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 95,646, Iran's state broadcaster...

As Madrid closes the massive makeshift hospital that was in the center of the fight against COVID-19, Spain registered 281 more COVID-19 deaths and 1,175 more infections on Friday. The data released by the Ministry of Health suggest that cases continue to decline in the country. In total,...

 Pakistani and Indian troops traded fire in the disputed region of Kashmir, killing three Pakistanis and a teenage Indian student, officials from the two sides said Thursday. In a statement, the military blamed Indian troops for initiating an "unprovoked cease-fire violation" in the...