(ZAMAN Al WASL)- Saad Mohamedd Al-Khidher, a young man who, in this time of crisis, has evoked his Syrian upbringing and determination to help fight the coronavirus pandemic as way to return the favor to the country that took him and his family in their forced exile.  In the...

Japan is preparing to extend its state of emergency over the novel coronavirus, originally set to end on May 6, for about a month, government sources told Reuters on Thursday, even as some other countries begin to reopen after strict lockdowns. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told...

Iran's health ministry said Thursday that 71 new deaths from the novel coronavirus took the country's overall toll past the 6,000 mark. "The number of deaths from this disease effectively crossed 6,000 today," ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in televised remarks. "Considering...

Lebanese politicians who have led their country into financial disaster are squabbling over who is to blame, stirring up old rivalries that may spell even deeper trouble ahead. Lebanon faces its gravest threat since the 1975-90 civil war as its currency sinks, inflation spirals and...