Britain could hit the grim milestone of 20,000 COVID-19 deaths later Saturday, when the daily count is added to the current toll of 19,506 people who tested positive for the new coronavirus and died in hospital. As the death toll rises, the government is facing growing criticism over...

Italy's economically punishing coronavirus lockdown, combined with big-spend stimulus packages to support families and firms, will push public debt and deficit to dizzying heights, the government said Friday. The cabinet approved the spring budget document (DEF), which forecast that the...

The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as the United Nations launched an international push for a vaccine to defeat the pandemic. Governments around the world are struggling to limit the economic devastation unleashed by the virus, which has infected nearly 2.8...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has released 24 prisoners from eastern Deir Ezzor province after being held for years in the notorious Sednaya prison, activists said Saturday. Pro-regime media accounts said the release of opposition prisoners was a goodwill gesture on the first day...