The Palestinian Health Ministry on Friday confirmed 21 deaths and 1,743 fresh cases of the COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.  According to the ministry, the COVID-19 related death toll in the Palestinian region has reached 1,029. The region has also witnessed 121,157 infections,...

Turkey confirmed 32,106 more COVID-19 infections, including 5,607 symptomatic patients, over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released Friday. The total number of cases reached over 1.78 million with the latest additions, the data showed. At least 5,516 patients...

Last month, Iraqi authorities gave families displaced by the war against Islamic State just 48 hours to pack up and leave the Al-Ishaki camp before it was closed. When the deadline expired, pick-up trucks and military vehicles arrived to take about 200 people back to their hometown....

Britain is more likely to leave the European Union’s orbit on Dec. 31 without a trade deal than with an agreement, an EU official quoted the head of the European Commission as telling the bloc’s 27 national leaders on Friday. Britain quit the EU in January but remains an informal member...