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Gulf stock markets slide on virus, oil fears

Stock markets in energy-rich Gulf states tumbled Thursday with Saudi shares down more than 4.0 percent following worldwide losses amid fears over the coronavirus pandemic and an oil price war. Dubai Financial Market dived more than 7.0 percent at the open on the last trading day of the...

Iran asks IMF for first loan in decades to combat virus

Iran said on Thursday that it has sought immediate financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund to help it combat one of the world's deadliest coronavirus outbreaks. According to a tweet by Iran's top diplomat, IMF chief Kristina Georgieva had "stated that countries affected by...

Tracing wounded body, one Syrian charts course of war

First he lost three fingers, later his hearing in one ear. Then all at once, both his legs and eyes. Ibrahim al-Ali was wounded every time he tried to escape Syria's war. In a camp for the displaced near the Turkish border, the 33-year-old father of four shows the scars he has sustained in...

Wall Street down more than 5 pct as stakes rise in pandemic

Stocks are tumbling again Wednesday, and indexes lost 5 percent as Wall Street keeps reeling on worries about the coronavirus. The losses deepened after health authorities declared the crisis a pandemic, and the U.S. stock market came to the brink of ending one of its greatest-ever runs....