A massive explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Lebanese Red Cross official Georges Kettaneh said there were dead and wounded, but did not have an...

A second wave of the coronavirus epidemic is highly likely to hit France in the autumn or winter, the government's top scientific body warned Tuesday as authorities seek to contain an increase in new cases over the past two weeks. The warning came as an increasing number of French cities...

Iran confirmed Tuesday over 2,700 new COVID-19 infections, its highest single-day count in more than a month, as the health ministry called for those without masks to be fined. Deaths and infections from the novel coronavirus have been on a rising trajectory in the Islamic republic since...

European shares fell after opening higher, following a mixed bag of earnings results, while the dollar's rebound stalled as investors waited for progress in talks on government aid in the United States. Strong US manufacturing data boosted sentiment through the Asian session, even as...