When Palestinian Amir Naji was released from an Israeli prison he was told not to hug his family, but emotion overwhelmed him and he clutched his mother tight. After a moment his father pushed away the 18-year-old, who was wearing a face mask, plastic suit and gloves. Naji briefly waved...

Banks are considering letting some employees keep working from home indefinitely, and staggering the shifts of those who do come into the office. Hotels are trying to figure out a way to let arriving guests go straight to their rooms without signing in at the reception desk. New York --...

The World Health Organization warned on Saturday that recovery from coronavirus might not protect a person from reinfection as the global death toll from the pandemic surpassed 200,000. Hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world spent the second day of the Ramadan holy month out...

As Russian maestro Valery Gergiev strolled onstage amid the ruins of Palmyra in 2016, few were in any doubt how much of a PR coup the orchestral concert was for Russia. Moscow had helped recapture a historic site, ravaged by ISIS, but more importantly, they had beaten the Iranians to...