India overtook Brazil on Monday as the country with the second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, even as key metro train lines re-opened as part of efforts to boost the South Asian nation's battered economy. India has emerged in recent weeks as the new global pandemic hotspot,...

Two Turkish forces were wounded on Sunday by unidentified gunmen in northern Idlib province, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter. The attack took place at the international Aleppo-Latakia Highway, known as (M4) while t he Turkish forces were having lunch at a local restaurant near the...

French health authorities reported 7,071 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday, down from Saturday's 8,550 and also below Friday's peak of 8,975. Friday's figure had set a new all-time high of daily additional infections for the country. The number of people hospitalised for the disease...

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched Sunday to the outskirts of the presidential residence in the capital of Belarus, calling for the country's authoritarian leader to resign as protests against President Alexander Lukashenko entered their fifth week. Protests also took place in major...