With its financial outlook darkening by the day, Iraq is considering slashing its massive public payroll -- an unpopular move likely to renew protests as a new government takes the helm. The new premier Mustafa Kadhemi, Iraq's 53-year-old former spy chief, took office early Thursday in...

Turkish and Russian troops have carried out the ninth joint patrol along a key highway in northwestern Idlib province, Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said Thursday. “Within the framework of TUR-RF Agreement/Protocol, the 9th TUR-RF Combined Land Patrol on M-4 Highway in Idlib...

China accused the United States Thursday of trying to shift blame over the coronavirus, after President Donald Trump said the pandemic was a worse "attack" than Pearl Harbor or 9/11. Tension between the world's two biggest economies has reached fever pitch in recent days as they have...

A chemical gas leak at an LG Polymers plant in southern India on Thursday killed at least 9 people, and emergency services rushed more than 300 to hospital and evacuated hundreds more from nearby areas, a police official in Andhra Pradesh state said. South Korean battery maker LG Chemical...