Iran said Thursday it has asked the IMF for its first loan in decades to combat a coronavirus outbreak that has claimed 429 lives and infected more than 10,000 people.

Iran asks IMF for loan to combat virus as infections pass 10,000

Haitian opposition leaders led a large and mostly peaceful march in the capital on Friday as they called for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, whom they blame for a deep economic and political crisis in the troubled Caribbean country.

Haitian protesters clash with police in new push for president's ouster

The UN Security Council will vote Thursday on two rival draft resolutions from the United States and Russia aimed at confronting the crisis in Venezuela, but both are expected to fail, according to diplomats.

UN to vote on dueling US, Russia drafts on Venezuela

Netanyahu accused Iran of turning Syria into a 'base of military entrenchment as part of its declared goal to eradicate Israel'

Iran building missile production sites in Syria, Lebanon against Israel: PM Netanyahu