Hospitals in many Iranian provinces are running out of capacity to handle COVID-19 cases, health authorities say, with novel coronavirus now killing around 300 people a day or one person every five mi

Air strikes on a camp in northwest Syria run by rebel fighters backed by Turkey killed at least 20 people on Monday (October 26), a war monitor and a rebel source said.

The Saudi-led military coalition engaged in Yemen said on Sunday night (October 25) it intercepted and destroyed a second, explosives-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement towards s

Kuwait’s retail co-ops have pulled French products in boycott over the use of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a French school class on freedom of expression whose teacher was then beheaded by an I

New fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces on Sunday (October 25) over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides blamed each other for blocking a peaceful settl

Turkey said on Sunday (October 25) that it was extending the seismic survey work of its Oruc Reis ship in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean until Nov. 4, taking a step which was set to fuel

France recalled its ambassador on Saturday (October 25) after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said his counterpart Emmanuel Macron needed mental help over his attitude towards Muslims.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan launched a fresh attack on his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday (October 24), saying he needed mental treatment over his attitude towards Muslims and Isl

Polls opened in Egypt on Saturday (October 24) for parliamentary elections that will stretch over several weeks and are set to be dominated by supporters of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Saturday (October 24) for strict punishments for violators of COVID-19 restrictions as the Middle East’s hardest-hit nation battled a third wave.

Iran’s foreign ministry on Saturday (October 24) described a US-brokered Sudan-Israel deal to normalize ties as “phony” and accused Khartoum of paying a ransom in return for Washington removing it fro

Turkey will evaluate possible new measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus as the outbreak flares nationwide, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday (October 23).

Israel and Sudan agreed on Friday (October 23) agreed to normalize relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States, making Sudan the third Arab country to set aside hostilities with I

Iran has delivered several gasoline and crude oil shipments to Syria, easing a near two-month gasoline shortage aggravated by tougher US sanctions, shippers, port officials and traders said.

The US Embassy in Ankara said on Friday (October 23) it was temporarily suspending all American citizen and visa services at missions in Turkey over credible reports of potential terrorist attacks and

Libya’s warring sides signed a permanent ceasefire deal on Friday (October 23), but any lasting end to years of chaos and bloodshed will require wider agreement among myriad armed groups and the outsi

The coronavirus outbreak in Turkey has risen again nationwide, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Friday (October 23), following a recent surge in daily symptomatic patient numbers.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Friday (October 23) that Turkey had been testing the S-400 air defense system it bought from Russia, adding that the objection from NATO ally United State

A Syrian suspected of killing a tourist in the German city of Dresden early this month had been classified as a radical Islamist and was under observation on the day of the attack, security officials

United Arab Emirates citizens will be able to stay in Israel for up to 90 days on a single visit, the Gulf power’s state news agency WAM said on Thursday (October 22), after it became the first Arab n