Jordan's top court has dissolved the country's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Islamist movement, an official said Thursday, citing the group's failure to "rectify its legal status". "The Court of Cassation yesterday (Wednesday) issued a final verdict ruling that the...

Israel reached a new daily record of confirmed coronavirus cases, the country's Health Ministry said Thursday, as a new nationwide lockdown to curb the pandemic appeared imminent. Adding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's troubles, a new economic bailout plan announced by the embattled...

Seven Turkish security personnel have died after their plane crashed into a mountain in the east of the country, state media reported Thursday. The reconnaissance plane crashed into Mount Artos, a dormant volcano in the province of Van, Anadolu news agency reported interior minister...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday a financial aid plan for "all citizens" aimed at rebooting the economy, hard hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Families with children will receive one-off payments of between 2,000 and 3,000 shekels ($580-875), while "all...