The spread of novel coronavirus has accelerated again this month in Iran which Wednesday officially confirmed over 3,000 new cases for a third consecutive day.
The Syrian government condemned Wednesday a new wave of US sanctions against the country, calling the measures "economic terrorism" that will increase the suffering of the Syrian people.
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates said they welcomed an announcement that warring factions in Libya had agreed to resume ceasefire negotiations.
Mosques reopened for daily prayers and children returned to nursery schools Wednesday in an easing of coronavirus restrictions in the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations warned Wednesday that its programs to fight the coronavirus in war-torn Yemen might have to stop by the end the month unless they get an...
Sudanese protesters took to the streets of Khartoum Wednesday, angrily demanding justice for scores of pro-democracy demonstrators killed a year ago in a...
Police in Istanbul have dispersed a small group of demonstrators who gathered in the Turkish city to denounce police violence and to stand in solidarity with...
Russian air strikes have hit Syria's last major rebel bastion for the first time since a March ceasefire came into force, a war monitor said Wednesday.
There have been over 1,000 Israeli violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty by land, sea and air over the last five months, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said...
Lebanon's Health Ministry confirms 14 new coronavirus cases, total at 1,256
In the days since President Donald Trump blamed antifa activists for an eruption of violence at protests over police killings of black people, social media...
Thousands of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd remained on New York City streets Tuesday in defiance of an 8 p.
In the thick of the coronavirus lockdown in Cyprus, authorities gave a group of asylum seekers a stark choice: move to an overcrowded camp or go home.
Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari has arrived back in Iran after being released from prison by its arch-foe the United States, Iranian media reported Wednesday.
International donors raised $1.35 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen Tuesday but the amount fell short of the United Nations' target of $2.4 billion needed...
Norway, which chairs a group of international donors to the Palestinians, urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.
A tweet claiming to show the start of a coup in Qatar, with shaky footage of an illuminated window and crackling gunfire, spread quickly after being posted...
Two main figures of Algeria's "Hirak" protest movement will soon be freed at the president's initiative, the leader of an opposition party said Tuesday.
Iran Tuesday lamented that people were ignoring social distancing rules as it reported more than 3,000 new coronavirus infections in a second cresting wave.
Syria’s stock market suspended trading Tuesday for the largest cellular company in the country, owned by one of Syria's richest businessman, Rami Makhlouf,...
Turkish Airlines said Tuesday it will start direct flights from 16 cities in six European countries to 14 cities in Anatolia as of June 18, including new...
Saudi Arabia seeks to raise $2.3 billion from an emergency donor conference Tuesday to support war-battered Yemen as it faces a coronavirus catastrophe in the...
Turkey issued detention warrants for 118 people, mostly members of the military and security forces, suspected of links to the network that Ankara says was...
A Qatari arms factory that makes rifles and grenade launchers has added a product that saves rather than takes lives -- ventilators, needed at home and abroad...
The United Nations said Libya's warring factions have agreed to resume cease-fire talks, following days of heavy fighting in which eastern-based forces retook...
After his arrest in 2013 for documenting the deadliest crackdown on protesters in Egypt’s modern history, Mohammed Soltan landed in a notorious prison where...
Iran will continue fuel shipments to Venezuela if Caracas requests more supplies, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said Monday, despite Washington's...
Iraqi paramedic Sarmad Ibrahim cut his teeth treating fellow Shi'ite Muslim militiamen in the war against Daesh. Now, he buries COVID-19 victims - an...
Libya’s eastern-based forces Sunday retook a key town from militias allied with the UN-supported government, a spokesman said, as growing foreign intervention...
Most Egyptians appear to be following a new law that says they must wear face masks in public, the latest move by the authorities to slow the spread of the...
Tehran said Monday that scientist Sirous Asgari, one of more than a dozen Iranians behind bars in the United States, is set to return to the Islamic republic...
Iran Monday declared almost 3,000 new coronavirus infections, its highest daily count in two months, as it warned of "another dangerous peak" in the Middle...
Flights and car travel resumed between Turkey's big cities Monday while cafes, restaurants and Istanbul's Grand Bazaar reopened in the country's biggest step...