Business shutdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic imposed an economic cost, but removing restrictions is no guarantee of a quick recovery unless the virus is defeated, the IMF said Thursday. Voluntary social distancing played nearly as large a role in the economic impact of Covid-19 as the...

Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah said Thursday that US-backed talks next week aimed at delineating Lebanon's disputed maritime border with Israel did not signify "reconciliation" or "normalisation" with the Jewish state. Lebanon and Israel, which are still technically at war, last week said...

In normal times, vice presidential debates don't matter much. But in an election year as wild as 2020, everything is magnified. Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday faced considerable pressure to boost coronavirus-stricken President Donald Trump's flagging reelection hopes as he...

We were over the moon when we found out we were going to the UK – but now it feels like it’s the end of the world,” says Basil, 35, from the room he lives in with his wife and three young children in Lebanon. “We just want to start our lives,” the Syrian father-of-three adds...