Oil futures on Wednesday clawed back some of the losses they sustained in the previous session, but a rebound in COVID-19 cases in some countries undermined hopes for a steady recovery in global demand. Brent crude LCOc1 rose $1.21, or 3%, to $40.99 a barrel by 12:56 p.m. EDT (1656...

UN-backed experts have found evidence that rebels in Yemen recruited nearly three dozen teenage girls - some said to be survivors of sexual violence - as spies, medics, guards and members of an all-female force, according to a report released Wednesday. The findings came in the third and...

The UN on Wednesday dispatched 29 truckloads of humanitarian aid for the needy in the Idlib city of northwestern Syria. The supplies entered the Syrian city through the Cilvegozu border crossing from Turkey's southern Hatay province. The aid will be distributed among residents...

Russia's fighter jets conducted ten airstrikes on rebel pockets in northern Idlib province and parts of Kabana hilltops in coastal latakia province, local reporters said Wednesday. The fresh airstrikes have targeted the western countryside of Idlib city as well the Kaban hillops in the...