London will move into England's highest tier of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said on Monday, citing an exponential rise in infection rates as one of the world's richest cities struggles to contain the disease. Health Secretary Matt Hancock also said more than 1,000 cases of a new...

Libyan MP Omar Garmil has died in Morocco weeks after being infected with Covid-19, multiple sources said Monday. The UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and the UN mission in Libya offered their condolences without mentioning the cause or place of his death Sunday....

The border region between Lebanon and Syria in Baalbek-Hermel in eastern Lebanon often experiences security tensions that rise and fall depending on the smuggling operations being carried out there. On Saturday, Syrian army border guards fired at a number of young men at one of the...

Seven truckloads of humanitarian aid by Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation were sent to northern Syria on Monday. The provincial mufti’s Office and Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation branch in Sanliurfa launched the “Share Your Bread, Get Closer to Your Brother” campaign for Syrian...