Italy's health ministry on Saturday reported 1,071 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, exceeding 1,000 cases in a day for the first time since May when the government eased rigid lockdown measures. 

The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has surpassed 800,000 around the world, according to an AFP tally based on official sources at around 1100 GMT Saturday. In total, 800,004 fatalities have been recorded globally, out of 23,003,079 declared infections. Latin America...

The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has welcomed a ceasefire announcement in Libya, the UAE news agency WAM reported Saturday. GCC Secretary General Nayef Falah Mubarak al-Hajraf called on all parties "to adhere to [this] constructive step, to urgently engage in political...

 Oil prices lost about 1% on Friday as the economic recovery worldwide runs into stumbling blocks due to renewed coronavirus lockdowns and on worries about rising crude supply. The euro zone’s economic recovery from its deepest downturn on record stalled this month as pent-up demand...