US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday there will be no more shutdowns to stop the coronavirus pandemic, even as the outbreak flares in some states. "We can't shut down the economy. I think we've learned that if you shut down the economy, you're going to create more damage,"...

French President Emmanuel Macron does not plan to step down to prompt a fresh election, a move he reportedly told top party donors he was considering, his office said Thursday. The Figaro newspaper said Macron had made the shock announcement while speaking via videoconference to a handful...

Head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, on Thursday removed Prime Minister Imad Khamis from his post, according to the regime's SANA news agency.  Al-Assad tasked Minister of Water Resources engineer Hussein Arnous with the mission of prime minister in addition to his post,"...

The Lebanese pound sank to a record low on the black market Thursday despite the authorities' attempts to halt the plunge of the crisis-hit country's currency, money changers said. Lebanon is in the grips of its worst economic turmoil in decades, and holding talks with the International...