A fresh coronavirus cluster in a port city in northeast China has spread to other provinces and prompted fresh restrictions, authorities said Monday, as Beijing scrambles to prevent a second wave of infections. China had largely brought the virus under control since it first emerged in the...

The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah denied any involvement in fighting Monday on the Lebanon-Israel border after the Jewish state said it had repelled an infiltration attempt by "terrorists". Hezbollah "confirms that it did not take part in any clash and did not open fire in today's events...

Israel on Monday reported a "security incident" on the Lebanese border leading to an exchange of fire, amid heightened tensions with Hezbollah. Explosions and gunfire were reported in the Shebaa Farms border area of the Israeli-Lebanese border, after suspected clashes between with Hezbollah...

The son of former Saudi deputy Finance Minister and writer Abdulaziz Al-Dakhil revealed that his father is currently being detained by authorities in a prison south of the kingdom's capital Riyadh. Al-Dakhil was detained last Ramadan, along with two others, for paying tribute to reformist...