BEIJING (AP) — As millions of people in Shanghai line up for coronavirus tests, authorities are promising tax refunds for shopkeepers in the closed-down metropolis and to keep the world's busiest port functioning to limit disruption to industry and trade. This week's shutdown of most...

Iraq has reopened the al-Qaim border crossing with Syria, whereby it has made crossing priority for those who wish to visit the shrines and religious tourism," an Iraqi official said. The Kurdish Rudaw media network quoted the mayor of the Iraqi city of al-Qaim, Ahmed al-Dulaimi, as saying...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a crowded city in central Israel late Tuesday, killing at least four people in the second mass shooting rampage this week. The shooter was killed by police. While circumstances were not immediately clear, the shooting appeared to be...

At least ten assassinations reported in southern Daraa proivcne in the past 48 hours, targeting civilians and former rebels, days after the regime made new appointments within the police command and some security branches. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said that the doctor, Thaer Ziyad al-Balkhi,...