Middle East and North Africa

OPEC+ pause. Saudi Arabia and Russia have delayed an OPEC+ meeting intended to negotiate production cuts. Instead of meeting on Monday as promised, the oil cartel will meet Thursday. The delay caused a significant drop in oil market prices; Brent crude fell more than 3.2 percent and U.S. crude fell 3 percent, with prices for […]

The Kurds are looking to some unlikely allies for support.

Even success stories such as Singapore are struggling to contain their COVID-19 outbreaks.

Brent crude prices rose on the hopes that Russia and Saudi Arabia could be close to a deal.

EU members are divided over whether to issue so-called "coronabonds."

The Arab world is as guilty as any other region in underestimating the threat.

There are more confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. than in any other country.

Riyadh’s strategy to force Russia into compliance may carry a cost too high to bear.

The pandemic will deepen differences between the urban and the rural.

Italy recorded its second straight day of reduced cases.

Western governments are introducing stimulus packages to try to prevent an economic freefall.

The country sees Ethiopia’s construction of a hydroelectric dam as a threat to its water supply.