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Wildfires sweep large swathes in Syria

 Firefighters battled numerous blazes on Friday as wildfires renewed in forest areas in central and northwestern Syria, according to the state media and witnesses. The fires, which broke out at midnight, roared in the countryside of Homs province in central Syria as well as in the...

In Yemen, children begin classes in the ruins of war

With its walls pounded by artillery, roofs torn open and concrete beams in shreds, Al-Wehdah school lies in ruins as students return for the first day of Yemen's school year. At the school near Taez, the third-biggest city in a country shattered by years of war between the government and...

India: COVID-19 cases near 7M, economy to shrink 9.5%

As the number of novel coronavirus cases in India nears 7 million, the country's Central Bank projected that the economy would contract by 9.5% this fiscal year. After a meeting of India's monetary policy committee on Friday morning, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),...