Oil prices rose on Tuesday, boosted by an unexpected commitment from Saudi Arabia to deepen production cuts in June to help drain a supply glut built up during the coronavirus crisis. Brent crude LCOc1 advanced 78 cents, or 2.6%, to $30.41 at 1216 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate...

All mosques in Iran will reopen temporarily on Tuesday, a further step in the government’s plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the official IRIB news agency reported. The decision to reopen the mosques was made in consultation with the...

Syria earned a vital 3-1 win against Qatar to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for a first ever World Cup. Omar Kharbin scored in each half and Mahmoud Al-Mawas added a third in injury time as Syria moved above Uzbekistan into third in their group. The top two teams qualify...

In the harshly-lit corridors of a Beirut hospital, a team of nurses has been snapping pictures with their mobile phones of life behind the scenes of the battle against the coronavirus. The images taken at the Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital and selected by AFP for a photo project offer a...