Libyan officials Wednesday allowed 51 migrants to disembark in the capital after spending hours on a coast guard vessel off Tripoli, the U.N. migration agency said. The U.N. mission in Libya, meanwhile, voiced concerns about the escalation of fighting between rival forces over Tripoli in...

With the global economy plunged into the worst recession in a century, the Group of 20 nations on Wednesday announced a one-year debt standstill for the world's poorest nations as they struggle to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. The G20, which brings together the world's largest...

Iran said Wednesday the world is learning that the United States "kills people", after President Donald Trump suspended U.S. funding for the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has accused the U.N. body of covering up the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak in...

As the EU's economy reels from virus lockdowns, Brussels unveiled a proposed roadmap Wednesday to ease restrictions on life and businesses, relying in large part on smartphone tracking apps. That technology aims to spot localized COVID-19 outbreaks in real-time. Already many individual...