A U.S. citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, according to media reports on Thursday. American current affairs magazine Newsweek reported that a 57-year old U.S. contractor was abducted last week in Khost, citing unnamed U.S. officials. The U.S. State...

Lebanon's new cabinet Thursday approved a policy statement expected to outline a broad action plan to save the protest-hit country from one of its worst economic crises in decades. Information minister Manal Abdel Samad said the document was backed unanimously during a cabinet meeting at...

Russia on Thursday rejected proposals to slash crude output at an OPEC+ meeting, media reported, and asked for more time to assess the impact of a new coronavirus on crude prices. Delegates of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-member Russia -- together known as...

Aided by sniffer dogs, Turkish rescue workers scanned an avalanche field in eastern Turkey Thursday, searching for a final missing person after two avalanches that killed dozens, Turkish news agencies reported. The private DHA news agency said two more bodies were recovered Thursday,...