Egypt’s government has revamped Tahrir Square, dotting the space occupied nearly a decade ago by throngs of anti-regime protesters with Pharaonic monuments and private security guards. Officials say they are improving the square in line with famous plazas in Europe, and its facelift -...

Saudi Aramco is moving ahead with plans to boost crude output capacity by 1 million barrels per day (bpd) to 13 million bpd despite cuts in capital expenditure this year and next year, the state oil group’s CEO said on Monday. Aramco’s capital spending plan for 2021 will be...

Behind the rising numbers of registered novel coronavirus cases and deaths -- both expected this week to reach 20 million and 750,000, respectively -- is "a great deal of pain and suffering," and leaders need to embrace new measures to turn the outbreak around, the top official of the World...

The novel coronavirus outbreak claimed 572 lives in Brazil over the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Monday. The COVID-19 death toll in Brazil -- the second-hardest hit by the virus worldwide -- rose to 101,049, while the tally of cases surged to over 3.35 million, including more...