Iran reported 183 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus on Friday, raising the nationwide death toll to 13,791. A further 2,379 people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall count to 269,440, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said. She...

Converting the Hagia Sophia into a mosque is a matter of sovereignty, Turkey's president told reporters on Friday. Turkey does not see international reactions on the reopening of the Istanbul landmark to Muslim worship as binding, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed. The first prayers will be...

The world came crashing down on the hurly-burly collage going Palestinian girls when Israeli troops raided their homes past midnight near Ramallah. They were handcuffed and blindfolded in front of their family members before bundled into the security vehicles. Samah Jaradat, 22, was...

Iranian security forces fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators Thursday gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan, witnesses told Reuters, and there was a heavy presence of forces in other cities. Videos posted on social media from inside Iran showed protesters chanting, "Fear not,...