Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical equipment and lying about their travel history have been arrested in China for epidemic-related crimes since January, the state prosecutor's office said. One case involved a shopper who beat another customer...

The UN Security Council is voting on a resolution that would extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon for a year but reduce its troop ceiling from 15,000 to 13,000 in response to US pressure. The French-drafted resolution also makes another concession to the...

In her book The First Syrian Martyr, political researcher Dr. Samira Moubayed uncovers the regime’s false claims of its efforts to protect minorities and reveals the extent of its oppression and terrorism against those who oppose it. The book explores the history of the Moubayed family, a...

US President Donald Trump will announce on Thursday a deal for 150 million rapid COVID-19 tests as he eyes a return to normal life ahead of November's elections, White House officials told AFP. The purchase from Abbott Laboratories is part of a $750 million deal with the company, a senior...

 Creditors of Iran have filed a suit in a New York court seeking to require Deutsche Boerse's Clearstream unit to surrender assets that allegedly belong to the country's central bank, the German stock exchange operator said Thursday. Deutsche Boerse said in a statement the complaint...

The World Health Organization (WHO) reiterated its advice on Thursday that resources permitting, people exposed to the novel coronavirus should be tested even if they do not show immediate symptoms of infection. The comments come after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

France's prime minister on Thursday laid out a plan for the country's recovery from the novel coronavirus pandemic.  Promising a "strong and rapid response" during the press conference at the prime ministerial residence, Jean Castex detailed the €100 billion ($118 billion) recovery...

The death toll from two days of heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan rose to at least 150 Thursday, with scores more injured as rescue crews searched for survivors beneath the mud and rubble of collapsed houses, officials said. Heavy rains, compounded by mudslides, often...

 The International Rescue Committee aid group Thursday urged the United Nations to reopen a border crossing into northeast Syria to boost dwindling medical supplies amid rising novel coronavirus cases. The Yarubiya entry point on the Iraqi border was shut in January after a UN Security...

Israel's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a cluster of homes in a Jewish settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank was built on privately owned Palestinian land and must therefore be removed. Accepting a petition by Palestinian plaintiffs, Israel's top court overturned a 2018 District...

The head of Hamas resistance group Ismail Haniyeh said on Thursday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has always pushed for intra-Palestine reconciliation. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, he said: "President Erdogan has been in favor of intra-Palestine reconciliation for a long...

Lebanon's central bank issued a circular Thursday asking banks to recapitalize as part of reviving the banking sector which has been badly hit by the financial meltdown. The circular said banks must urge depositors who transferred more than $500,000 abroad as of July 1, 2017 to deposit...

UN-backed talks on a new constitution for Syria were to resume in Geneva Thursday after Swiss health authorities gave the green light despite four delegates testing positive for Covid-19. The discussions, aimed at rewriting the war-torn country's constitution, were put on hold almost as...

The Russian military blamed the US troops Thursday for a collision of Russian and US military vehicles in Syria's northeast. US officials said Wednesday that a Russian vehicle sideswiped a light-armored US military vehicle, injuring four Americans, while two Russian helicopters flew...

As a renegade Libyan general seeks to stave off a pair of civil lawsuits in a US court accusing him of responsibility for mass atrocities, he has chosen a risky legal defense, claiming he is immune from legal action under his alleged status as Libya's head of state.  Khalifa Haftar is...

Jordan should release all teachers arrested in a crackdown on their trade union, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday, accusing Amman of using coronavirus as a pretext to stifle peaceful dissent. Authorities closed the Teachers' Syndicate and arrested its leaders on July 25, after it led...

Beijing slammed Washington's "tyrannical logic" Thursday over the latest US sanctions targeting Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea, worsening tensions between the two superpowers. In recent years, China has aggressively pursued its territorial claims in the South China Sea,...

When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabal Maragha last month, they thought they were lost. The site had vanished. But they hadn't made a mistake. In fact, gold-hunters with giant diggers had destroyed almost all sign of the two...

President Donald Trump will make a crucial pitch for a second term in the White House Thursday with a keynote address at the Republican National Convention highlighting his record in office and charting a path for the next four years. The former New York businessman's speech on the White...

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas agreed with his Israeli counterpart Thursday that an effort must be made to extend a weapon embargo on Iran, while stressing Germany still sees the landmark 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers as the best way to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear...