The coronavirus pandemic could create a new world order in which everyone is a loser and new alliances are born to overcome disaster, Syrian thinker Imad Fawzi Shueibi said. The Damascus University professor in epistemology, or theory of knowledge, said the deadly virus had altered human...

New Zealand had all but eradicated the coronavirus from its shores Friday with just one person in the nation of 5 million known to be still infected, but developments elsewhere were generally grim, with India reporting another record increase in cases and Pakistan a record number of deaths....

Hundreds of Tunisians protested Thursday in at least seven cities to demand jobs, heaping pressure on a government facing the worse economic crisis in more than 60 years due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the southern city of Gafsa, a witnesses said hundreds of university graduates...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley will remain in what he described as an "enclave" after Israel annexes the territory and will not be granted Israeli citizenship. Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead with plans to annex the...