Lebanon's security forces said Friday they had made their largest cannabis seizure in history last month, unearthing 25 tonnes of the drug intended for Africa. The Mediterranean country on March 15 announced a lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19, which has now officially infected 609...

Iran's total death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose to 4,232 Friday with 122 lives lost in the past 24 hours, according to a health ministry spokesman. The total number of people diagnosed with the disease increased by 1,972 in the past 24 hours to a total of 68,192, the spokesman,...

 Hamas arrested a Palestinian in Gaza on Thursday, saying that he had taken part in a video conference with Israelis and describing his act as “treason.” The Gaza interior ministry identified the man as Rami Aman and said that some of his associates, whose details were not...

Iraqi oil minister Thamer Ghadhban said on Thursday it was necessary to determine the limit of oil cuts, the timeline, the start date of applying the measures and to distribute the shares fairly and equally, a statement from oil ministry said. The minister’s comments were made in the...