French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, following a week when he has met with numerous European leaders. The French and Spanish prime ministers are among those self-isolating because they had recent contact with him. Macron took a test "as soon as the...

A Syrian health organization on Thursday has mourned doctor Mohamed Al-Youssef who died from coronavirus in Turkish hospitals. The SAMS medical relief organization laments the loss of Al-Youssef, 36, who worked with them in the opposotion-held areas in northern Syria as a director of...

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday he was certain the incoming U.S. administration will return to its nuclear deal commitments and lift crippling sanctions on his country. “I have no doubt that the three-year resistance of the Iranian people will persuade the future...

Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID-19 investigators due to travel to China in January, said the World Health Organization (WHO), which is leading the mission. China has strongly opposed calls for an international inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus, saying such...