Senior politicians in Germany have begun debating a potential easing of restrictions imposed over the coronavirus epidemic ahead of a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday. On Monday, Merkel and premiers of Germany's 16 states expect to get recommendations from the German...

Oil prices rose Monday after top producers agreed to massive output cuts, but gains were capped as doubts grew about whether the move was enough to stabilise coronavirus-ravaged energy markets. U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate was up about five percent at $23.94 a barrel in Asian...

The US special envoy who negotiated a deal with the Taliban said Monday that an initial prisoner exchange between the insurgents and the Afghan government was an "important step" toward peace. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Taliban on Sunday released 20...

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has slowed in some of the worst-hit countries, with Spain readying Monday to reopen parts of its economy as governments grapple with a once-in-a-century recession. Italy, France and the US have all seen a drop in COVID-19 deaths in the past 24...

Sudan announced on Sunday that it was banning all passenger road transport between cities and deploying emergency laws to ensure compliance with measures aimed at stopping the spread of the new coronavirus. The number of confirmed cases in Sudan is low — just 19 people have tested positive...

OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations agreed on Sunday to cut output by a record amount, representing around 10 percent of global supply, to support oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources said. The group, known as OPEC+, agreed to reduce output by 9.7 million barrels per...

The death toll in France from the coronavirus outbreak rose at a slightly slower pace Sunday than a day earlier, the French public health authority said, adding that the lockdown was producing its first effects. "This data confirms that the epidemic keeps going on in our country in a...

Jordan on Sunday extended a month-long lockdown that has closed schools, universities and government agencies until the end of the month to stem the spread of coronavirus, the government spokesman said. Amjad Adailah said Prime Minister Omar Razzaz took the decision in light of...

Thousands of displaced Syrians have begun moving back to their homes in war-torn Idlib province despite the risk of renewed conflict, some driven by fear that the new coronavirus could wreak havoc on crowded camps near the Turkish border. About one million Syrians fled Idlib and its...

 Italy Sunday reported its lowest coronavirus death toll in more than three weeks, confirming trends showing that the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe's worst-hit nation had peaked. The 431 new deaths reported by the civil protection service were the lowest since March 19. Italy's death...

Turkey's confirmed cases of coronavirus increased by 4,789 in the past 24 hours, and 97 people more have died, taking the death toll to 1,198, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Sunday. The total number of recovered cases stood at 3,446, and the number of tests carried out over the last 24...

Former Chelsea and England goalkeeper Peter Bonetti has died at the age of 78 following a long-term illness, the Premier League club announced Sunday. Nicknamed 'The Cat' because of his agility, Bonetti was a mainstay of the west London side for close on 20 years throughout the 1960s and...

Fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have captured the health minister of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group in northeastern Syria. In a special operation on Wednesday, the SDF's counter-terrorism units, supported by the anti-IS international coalition, captured...

As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can. The reason: Some hospitals have reported unusually high death rates for coronavirus patients on ventilators, and...

Israel's president on Sunday turned down a request from Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz for a two-week extension to form a new coalition government. The announcement by President Reuven Rivlin means that Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have a midnight deadline Monday...

By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late. Interviewed at Davos, a gathering of global elites in the Swiss Alps, the president on Jan. 22 played down the threat posed by the respiratory virus from China, which had just...

A trauma surgeon who operated in some of the world’s worst war zones has said that fighting on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis is an “intense experience” and is as bad as “seeing children blown up in Aleppo”. Dr David Nott is a world-renowned trauma surgeon from Carmarthen, Wales....

North Korea called for tougher and more thorough countermeasures to keep citizens safe from the fast-spreading coronavirus at a meeting where leader Kim Jong Un presided, state media said on Sunday. North Korea continues testing for the virus, with more than 500 people in quarantine, but...

The death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 10,612 across hospitals in the United Kingdom after a recorded daily rise of 737, the health ministry said on Sunday. The figures were as of 1700 BST (1600 GMT) on April 11. The two previous daily increase figures were both above 900. On...

Turkey is not planning to make an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, a presidential spokesman said on Sunday, as the country eyes funding options to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. On Friday, Reuters cited officials as saying Turkey had held talks with...