Lewis Hamilton described a visit Tuesday to parts of Australia ravaged by months-long bushfires as heartbreaking, saying it was "one of those days that really put things into perspective". The six-time Formula One world champion, who starts his title defence at the season-opening Australian...

A bounce in the price of oil provided some support to under-pressure stocks in early Asian trade on Tuesday, a day after global equities suffered their biggest losses in more than a decade. Global stock markets had capitulated on what has become known as "Black Monday", with the Dow on Wall...

The death toll from the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China has risen to 20, authorities said Tuesday, with 10 others still feared trapped in the rubble. Forty-one survivors pulled from the wreckage are injured, the Ministry of Emergency Management...

Russia's parliament is on Tuesday expected to back President Vladimir Putin's controversial constitutional amendments that the Kremlin leader hopes will secure the country's political future for decades to come. In a key second reading parliament's lower house, the State Duma, is set to...

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan on Tuesday for his first visit to the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic since the crisis erupted in January -- a major sign that officials believe the outbreak is under control. Xi's unannounced visit comes as unprecedented quarantine...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime artillery on Monday hit the village of al-Mastouma near a Turkish observation point, in a new violation of the Russian-Turkish ceasefire that may erupt clashes and burst the last rebel stronghold in northern Syria, local activists said. At least 15...

(Action Group For Palestinians Of Syria)- Statistics released by AGPS on the International Women’s Day have documented the secret detention of 110 Palestinian women and girls in Syria’s government prisons.  AGPS also documented the death of at least 34 Palestinian women under...

Aid agencies are moving to prevent a novel coronavirus outbreak in war-torn northwestern Syria, where devastated health infrastructure and massive displacement make containment an almost impossible task.  Syria has not yet confirmed any coronavirus cases, but its "fragile health...

Iraqi authorities have ordered the closure of the Najaf province, home to holy Muslim Shi’ites sites, for non-residents starting on Wednesday for a week to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the state news agency said on Monday. Najaf is a major destination for Shi’ite pilgrims.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei canceled his speech in the city of Mashhad for Persian new year, which is on March 20, to prevent further infections of coronavirus, according to a statement on his official site. “The ceremony for the speech of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic...

Latin American women stayed away from offices, schools and government offices Monday to join a second day of marches to protest against gender violence, inequality and restricted rights. Monday's wildcat strike, dubbed "a day without us," is intended to show what life would be like if women...

Plunging oil prices have increased the urgency for Algeria to reform its economy, politicians and business leaders said Monday. Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab said the country had been in "permanent consultations" with other oil producers after the collapse on Friday of an OPEC supply deal,...

Yemen’s army said it wrested control of several northern towns from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels Monday, a step toward reversing the rebels’ rapid gains in the strategic area. Yemeni forces, supported by Saudi air power, announced on Twitter that they retook cities in the vast Khub...

Japan is set this week to revise a law allowing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus if needed, as he takes heat for his handling of the outbreak ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In perhaps his biggest test since returning to office in 2012,...

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince meant to send a strong message to critics within the royal family by detaining senior princes this weekend: Don’t you dare oppose my succession to the throne. The main target in the crackdown, sources said, is King Salman’s brother, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz,...

Khalifa Haftar, Libya’s eastern military commander, told France’s president that he would sign a ceasefire and keep to it if militias backed by the internationally-recognized government respected it, a French presidency source said on Monday. “Marshal Haftar assured (us) that he was...

Saudi Arabia said on Monday it will impose a fine of up to 500,000 riyals ($133,000) on people who do not disclose their health-related information and travel details at entry points, as the Gulf state works to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The kingdom on Sunday imposed a temporary...

A Russian military delegation will hold talks with Turkish officials in Ankara on Tuesday to discuss a deal which the two countries reached last week for a ceasefire in northwest Syria’s Idlib region, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Monday. The deal, reached in Moscow on March 5, was...

Two U.S. service members were killed in north central Iraq while accompanying Iraqi security forces on an mission targeting Islamic State, the U.S. military said in a statement on Monday attributing the deaths to “enemy forces.” The two U.S. military members, killed on Sunday, were not...

Iran has temporarily freed about 70,000 prisoners to combat the spread of the coronavirus in jails, the head of the judiciary said on Monday as officials reported hundreds of new infections and dozens more deaths across the country. Iran has reported 595 new infections and 43 new deaths...