Turkey confirmed on Wednesday 1,313 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the tally to 262,507. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Twitter that the total number of recoveries had reached 239,797. Citing Health Ministry data, Koca said that 1,002 patients recovered from...

 A Palestinian who entered Israel from the occupied West Bank on a work permit stabbed an Israeli to death Wednesday and was later arrested, Israeli police said. The stabbing took place at a junction near Petah Tikva, in central Israel. Police said the suspect, a 46-year-old man from...

Iran said Wednesday it had agreed to grant the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to two sites that the agency suspects once secretly hosted nuclear material or activities, easing a months-long standoff over the issue. Wednesday's breakthrough in the dispute over the sites near Karaj and Isfahan...

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Beirut Sept. 1, his office said Wednesday. Macron was the first foreign leader to visit Beirut after a massive blast destroyed parts of the Lebanese capital in early August.