The United States recorded Friday its steepest job losses in history over the coronavirus pandemic as Europe moved to keep its borders shut for another month. Hopes have been rising that the worst of the global catastrophe, which has killed more than 270,000 people, has passed, and the...

The first quarantine centre has been set up in northwestern Syria to screen travellers for fear they could transmit the novel coronavirus to the war-torn region, which has yet to officially record any cases of Covid-19.  The centre, which opened in mid-April, is located in the town of...

A second White House worker this week has tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Friday, even as President Donald Trump continued to go mask-free at a World War II commemoration with veterans in their 90s. A member of Vice President Mike Pence's staff was found to have coronavirus,...

Lebanon has arrested the head of the money changers' union as it battles to stabilise the value of the country's nose-diving currency on the black market, a security official said Friday. "The head of the money changers syndicate, Mahmoud Mrad, was arrested (Thursday) at the request of...