Pope Francis prayed Saturday for an end to the coronavirus pandemic, using his Christmas Day address to urge health care for all, vaccines for the poor and for dialogue to prevail in resolving the world’s conflicts. Amid a record-setting rise in COVID-19 cases in Italy this week,...

Gulfsands, the operator and joint-owner of of a $1.5 billion dollar oil field in Syria, has received a £6.5 million (~$8.7m) financing facility, the company announced on Tuesday.  The multi-million dollar financing deal will allow the company to operate until at least December 2023....

At least 10 people died in a deadly accident on Ahvaz-Khorramshahr highway in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province on Saturday. The incident took place when multiple heavy and light vehicles collided with each other, according to local authorities. Reza Dolatshahi, the provincial...

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities tightened security across the capital of Khartoum ahead of protests Saturday against the October military coup and subsequent deal that reinstated the prime minister but sidelined the country's pro-democracy movement. Troops deployed across the city and...