Saudi Arabia’s decision to launch a price war in oil markets earlier this month could not have been more poorly timed, coming amid plummeting global demand for oil due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The risky move could do lasting damage to the global economy and to Riyadh’s budding partnership with Moscow.

25.9 million refugees live in camps around the world, often in unsanitary conditions where a COVID-19 outbreak would have devastating consequences. Aid agencies are slowly realizing the threat that the coronavirus pandemic poses to refugees, but there is still no organized global response to protect them.