Oil prices jumped on Thursday, buoyed by signs that the U.S. crude glut is not growing as quickly as expected and that fuel demand battered by COVID-19 restrictions is starting to pick up. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 climbed to a high of $17.75 a barrel and were up...

The U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday that More than 40 cases of COVID-19 and at least three deaths have been reported in Syria., signaling that "tragedy beckons" after nine years of war that has left the country’s health care system decimated. Mark Lowcock told the U.N. Security...

Yemen reported multiple coronavirus infections and deaths linked to the disease for the first time Wednesday and an official in the southern port of Aden said the number of cases was very likely to increase in the coming days. The United Nations has said it fears the novel coronavirus could...

A researcher in a lab coat in Beijing holds up the hopes of humanity in his fingers: "Coronavac", an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus that has upended the world. Sinovac Biotech, which is conducting one of the four clinical trials that have been authorised in China, has claimed...