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Hezbollah shifts attention from Syria fight to battle virus

In the streets of Beirut's southern suburbs, Hezbollah paramedics and volunteers on trucks and on foot sprayed disinfectants ...

A century ago, sports rises from ravages of war and disease

The world in 1919 was hardly a place for fun and games. A war like no other had ravaged Europe, killing untold millions and ...

VIRUS DIARY: An unfamiliar war for those who live with war

I’ve seen the streets of Beirut empty before, during wars when the shells were falling and under curfews after various bouts ...

Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region holds elections

Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan controlled by ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia, held presidential and ...

EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo

The European Union announced Tuesday the launch of a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the U.N.

Crammed in filthy cells, political prisoners fear infection

Reza Khandan got the word from friends locked away in Iran’s most feared prison, Evin. A prisoner and a guard in their cell ...

The Latest: WHO warns `far from over' in Asia and Pacific

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, ...

Greek WWII resistance hero Manolis Glezos dies at 97

Manolis Glezos, a Greek World War II resistance hero, who remained active in politics into his nineties, has died in Athens.

Fearing Gaza virus spread, Hamas preps for mass quarantines

When Nima Amraa returned to the Gaza Strip from neighboring Egypt earlier this month, she was surprised to learn she was ...

Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes

President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law after swift and near-unanimous ...

FBI: Soldiers set up deadly robbery to fund foreign fighting

The two former U.S. Army soldiers met in Ukraine, where they joined the same far-right paramilitary group. After getting ...

The Latest: South Korea’s central bank to provide aid

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, ...

New Zealand mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder, terrorism

The man who committed the worst atrocity in New Zealand's modern history when he slaughtered 51 worshippers at two ...

Islamic State gunman kills 25 in attack on Sikhs in Kabul

A lone Islamic State gunman rampaged through a Sikh house of worship in the heart of the Afghan capital Wednesday, killing ...

France pulls out military forces in Iraq amid virus demands

France is pulling out its military forces from Iraq as French forces are increasingly called upon to help fight the ...

Virus causes surge in WW II references, but is it merited?

In the first week of June 2019, World War II was on many people's minds. It was the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a week filled ...

Survivors of world conflicts offer perspective amid pandemic

As Western countries reeling from the coronavirus pandemic awaken to a new reality of economic collapse, overwhelmed ...

The Latest: Pakistan suspending domestic flights

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 422,000 people and killed over 18,000. The COVID-19 ...

50 Nigerian soldiers killed in deadly Boko Haram ambush

Boko Haram extremists killed at least 50 soldiers during an ambush in northern Yobe state, one of the deadliest recent ...

Syria's Assad discusses Idlib truce with Russian minister

Syria's president hosted Russia's defense minister on Monday to discuss a recent cease-fire in rebel-held northwestern Syria, ...