Jordan's King Abdullah swore in a new government Monday led by veteran diplomat Bisher al Khaswaneh that will seek to accelerate IMF-backed reforms as the economy faces its sharpest contraction in decades due to the coronavirus crisis. British-educated Khasawneh, 51, was appointed Wednesday...

Suhail Deeb was eager to harvest his olives before sweeping forest fires that ravaged parts of Syria at the weekend left him with nothing but charred trunks and branches. "I used to have 100 trees, but now nothing is left," said the 61-year-old farmer at his blackened olive grove in the...

The total number of coronavirus cases crossed 90,000 in Japan, as infections continued to rise in capital Tokyo -- the worst-hit city in the country. The government data released Sunday night showed coronavirus cases at 90,009, Kyodo News Agency reported. At least 1,643 people have died due...

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko should be part of a new sanctions list by the European Union, Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas said on Monday before meeting his European counterparts in Luxembourg. “We have to acknowledge that since our last meeting nothing has improved....