Egypt is in talks with the International Monetary Fund for a second bundle of financial support after receiving nearly $2.8 billion in emergency financing, the central bank deputy governor said Wednesday. Asked about a Bloomberg News report that Egypt would seek a further $5 billion from...

Russia reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, continuing a grim trend that has seen the country register the world's second-highest number of infections. Health officials reported 10,028 new cases over the last 24 hours, bringing Russia's total number of infections to...

Air elements of the Libyan army targeted the key Al-Watiya airbase occupied by forces loyal to renegade commander Khalifa Haftar three times in the past 24 hours.  Muhammed Kununu, the military spokesman for the government, said Tuesday that the airstrikes were carried out against...

In a surprising turn of events, the coronavirus death toll in France again took a sharp tick upwards on the second day of relaxed measures known as deconfinement, said the Health Ministry.  On Tuesday there were 359 fatalities, and also a steep rise in cases of 96 over Monday. Deaths...