Tunisia has cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 1% from the 2.7% envisaged in the 2020 budget, Prime Minister Elyess Fakhfakh said on Sunday, as the vital tourism sector faces a strong threat due to the coronavirus crisis. He told the local Magreb newspaper that the...

Iran says the new coronavirus has killed 49 more people in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 194 amid 6,566 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic. That’s accord to Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour, who gave the figures at a news conference Sunday. There are...

At least 26 Iraqis were among those killed in a Syrian highway accident last week, in which a fuel truck collided with passenger buses and other cars, Iraqi's foreign ministry spokesman said Sunday. Ahmad al-Sahhaf said at least 16 Iraqis were also injured in what he described as a...

Negotiations to restructure Lebanon’s foreign currency debt should not last more than nine months if well-intentioned, the economy minister was quoted as saying, after the heavily indebted state said it could not meet its debt repayments. Lebanon is set to default on its sovereign debt...