Wall Street looks like it will open the week with more losses, with the S&P 500 falling to a level that market observers consider to be a so-called bear market

Sri Lanka’s prime minister says he may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as he hunts desperately for fuel to keep the country running

A Lebanese Cabinet minister says Lebanon will soon launch an international tender for the construction of a new terminal at the country’s only international airport in Beirut

Sri Lanka’s prime minister is offering to meet with protesters occupying the entrance to the president’s office, saying he would listen to their ideas for resolving the economic, social and political crisis facing the country

Sri Lanka's government says it is suspending its repayment of foreign debt, including bonds and government-to-government borrowings, pending the completion of a loan restructuring program with the International Monetary Fund to deal with the island nation’s worst economic crisis in decades

Sri Lankan business leaders are calling for an end to the country’s political instability amid public demands for the president to resign over alleged economic mismanagement, warning that failure to do so would lead to economic catastrophe

A Turkish court has suspended the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and ruled that the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia

A government minister says Sri Lanka’s president will not step down and instead will face the political and economic crisis that has sparked large protests demanding his resignation

The office of Lebanon's president says Pope Francis will visit the country in June