Stocks are tumbling again Wednesday, and indexes lost 5 percent as Wall Street keeps reeling on worries about the coronavirus. The losses deepened after health authorities declared the crisis a pandemic, and the U.S. stock market came to the brink of ending one of its greatest-ever runs....

Ten rockets hit an Iraqi military base housing US soldiers near Baghdad Wednesday, in the 22nd attack against American military interests in the country since late October, an Iraqi military commander said. The attack against the Taji base did not wound anyone or cause any damage, the Iraqi...

Behind a black gate in an upscale Beirut suburb, the head of Lebanon’s banking lobby implored the government to hold firm against the latest crisis, pay the country’s debts and safeguard its financial industry. “A stable economy is largely dependent on a strong banking sector,” said...

Italian police were Wednesday hunting for 11 prisoners who escaped in the aftermath of jail riots sparked by fears over coronavirus, as authorities began to test inmates and distribute face masks. Those still on the run were part of a group of 72 inmates who escaped Monday from a prison in...