Brazil reported 632 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past day, according to statistics from the Health Ministry released on Tuesday. The total count of coronavirus-related deaths rose to 80,120 in the country. A total of 20,257 more infections were confirmed across...

Two civilians lost their lives in an attack carried out by forces of the Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporters in Syria's al-Bab subdistrict. Regime forces and supporters targeted Barata village in western al-Bab subdistrict with four Grad rockets. Two civilians were killed and two...

An armed man seized a long-distance bus and took people in it hostage in northwestern Ukraine Tuesday launching an hours-long standoff with police, Ukrainian authorities said. About 10 people are currently being held hostage, Ukraine's Security Service said in a Facebook statement. Police...

 Jordan's prime minister says the kingdom would look "positively" on the creation of a bi-national state that guarantees equal rights to Israelis and Palestinians if Israel's proposed annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank closes the door on a two-state solution. The...

Iraq’s new prime minister arrived in Iran Tuesday, his first official visit abroad since taking office more than two months ago, Iranian media reported. State television showed footage of Mustafa al-Kadhimi landing at Tehran's Mehrabad airport. The TV said al-Khadhimi would meet top Iranian...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds talks with one of America’s closes allies Tuesday as growing tensions with China dominate international affairs. Pompeo is set to meet with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Domnic Raab just hours after Britain suspended its...

 Saudi Arabia's King Salman is in stable condition, three Saudi sources said, after the 84-year-old monarch was admitted to hospital in the capital Riyadh Monday with what state media said was inflammation of the gall bladder. The king, who has ruled the world's largest oil exporter...

Vote counting was under way Tuesday in Syria after reruns in five polling stations delayed the results of parliamentary polls guaranteed to renew the ruling party's hegemony. The reruns of Sunday's vote were held Monday in four polling centers in Aleppo province and one in the eastern...

Browse through Arabic-language social media pages and you could walk away thinking COVID-19 is an American hoax, isn't deadly and can be swiftly cured with a garlic clove. Arabic pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are brimming with fake news stories on the novel coronavirus, from...

Democrat Joe Biden urged Muslim Americans Monday to join him in the fight to defeat President Donald Trump as he addressed an online summit hosted by the advocacy organization Emgage Action to mobilize Muslim voters ahead of the presidential election. "I want to earn your vote not just...

The Syrian military said the country's air defenses responded Monday to Israeli air raids in south Damascus that wounded seven soldiers and caused material damage, and residents said loud explosions rocked the capital. It was not clear what the targets were. The air raids, which came just...

With monikers as divergent as the "Professor" and the "Destroyer", the Islamic State group's new head has a reputation for brutality, but otherwise remains largely an enigma. Amir Mohammed Said Abd al-Rahman al-Mawla replaced Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after his death in a raid by US special...

South Korea's first-ever military communications satellite has been successfully launched by private operator SpaceX, Seoul said Tuesday, as it looks to build up its defence capabilities. The ANASIS-II is intended to enhance the South's ability to defend itself against the nuclear-armed...

President Donald Trump changed his tune in favor of face masks as a tool to combat the coronavirus in the United States, as European leaders on Tuesday agreed on a massive aid package for their pandemic-ravaged economies. The virus has infected more than 14.6 million people and killed over...

Iran on Monday confirmed 217 additional fatalities from the novel coronavirus, bringing the nationwide death toll to 14,405. A further 2,414 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the overall count to 276,202, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said....

A forest fire which broke out in northwestern Turkey Monday afternoon continues but has been brought under control, said local officials.  No casualties have been reported so far from the blaze, which erupted in Kemalkoy in the Canakkale province. A total of 130 firefighters, 20...

 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump agreed Monday on the need to maintain a ceasefire in Libya and avoid an escalation between the forces fighting there, Egypt's presidency said. Sisi and Trump spoke by telephone as Egypt's parliament went into a...

A young emergency doctor Monday became Lebanon's first medic to die of coronavirus, state media said, as daily infections rise in the eastern Mediterranean country. Loay Ismail, 32, "died from coronavirus at the Nabih Berri hospital in Nabatiyeh", southern Lebanon, the National News Agency...

The US Commerce Department on Monday announced it has blacklisted 11 Chinese businesses for involvement in human rights violations against the Uighur minority, cutting off the firms' access to American goods. Washington, together with other western nations and rights groups, has accused...

The Ballon d'Or will not be awarded this year for the first time in its 64-year history after the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the football calendar, organizers France Football magazine said Monday. The prestigious award, voted for by journalists, is an annual prize given to the best...