Police in Italy tightened lockdown controls Wednesday as cabin fever and a slowing in the coronavirus death toll tempted Italians out in increasing numbers. One month since the nationwide measures were enforced, Italy's "Phase 2" plans for easing the lockdown have gripped the nation but...

 The Arab-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement will announce at midnight Wednesday it is halting military operations nationwide to support a U.N. ceasefire initiative, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The suspension in fighting, expected to go...

The Gaza Strip has no more coronavirus test kits, Palestinian health officials said Wednesday, amid fears of disaster if the illness spreads in the blockaded, densely packed enclave. "Testing at our central laboratory has stopped, after coronavirus test kits completely ran out," Gaza health...

Bahrain will spend $570 million on paying salaries to all 100,000 of its citizens employed in the private sector from April to June to help soften the economic blow from the coronavirus outbreak, the government said Wednesday. Governments in the Gulf region have announced stimulus packages...