A gunman killed at least nine people, including five Syrians, during a shooting spree in Lebanon's mountain town of Baakline on Tuesday, police sources told dpa. The victims include a Syrian couple and their two children, a Syrian man, a Lebanese woman and three Lebanese men....

The global coronavirus cases surpassed 2.5 million on Tuesday, according to a running tally by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. The university's data showed that the global number of deaths reached 171,718, while the number of people who recovered stands at 659,732. A total of...

Saudi Arabia plans to ease curfew hours it imposed on several cities during the month of Ramadan to allow people more time to shop for essential needs within the boundaries of their neighborhoods, state news agency (SPA) reported Tuesday. Currently, people living in areas under 24 hours...

Russia recorded 5,642 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing its nationwide tally to 52,763, the Russian coronavirus crisis response centre said on Tuesday. Fifty-one people with the virus died in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 456, it said. The number of...