Spain’s total COVID-19 death toll hit 28,628 on Friday as government officials announced that the entire country will begin to ease lockdown measures on Monday. According to the Health Ministry, 56 more people died of COVID-19 in the last 24-hour period. It is the sixth consecutive day...

 A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean, with the first vessel expected to reach the South American country’s waters on Sunday, according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking data. Iran is supplying about 1.53 million...

Lebanon’s powerful parliament speaker said on Friday it was time for government action to help citizens grappling with an economic crisis and this could not wait for the outcome of International Monetary Fund negotiations. Speaker Nabih Berri, head of the Shi’ite Amal Movement, said the...

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians, who became homeless due to aerial bombardments by the Bashar al-Assad regime, welcomed Eid al-Fitr in the shadow of homesickness, migration and high cost of living. Millions of Syrians, who have been internally displaced or became refugees since the civil...