For those who have fled war to shelter in Syria's last rebel-held stronghold, suffering knows no end. A rainstorm lashing the country's northwest these days is spreading more misery, after rain and flooding less than two weeks ago killed one child and destroyed hundreds of tents,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's top infectious disease expert said Friday he hopes to see children being vaccinated starting in the next few months. It's a needed step to securing widespread immunity to the coronavirus. “Hopefully by the time we get to the late spring and early summer...

The governor of Lebanon's Central Bank was charged yesterday with dereliction of duty and breach of trust, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) has reported. According to Bloomberg, Riad Salameh has been indicted over his alleged misuse of millions of dollars last year. Mount Lebanon state...

A World Health Organization team visited a hospital on Friday where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts' long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus. The WHO team members and Chinese officials earlier had...