Russia’s foreign and defense ministers will arrive in Turkey for talks on Sunday, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said: "... a delegation from the Russian Federation consisting of Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Defense...

Iran on Saturday confirmed 71 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,730. A further 2,410 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 184,955, Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari said....

The mother of an autistic Palestinian youth on Saturday accused Israeli police of covering up her son's killing. Iyad el-Hallak, 32, was shot dead by Israeli police in Jerusalem on May 30 after they "suspected he had a gun." Police later found that the Palestinian youth was unarmed....

Iran will reimpose restrictions to stem a surge in coronavirus cases if health regulations are not observed, President Hasan Rouhani said Saturday. After gradually relaxing its lockdown since mid-April, Iran has seen a sharp rise of new daily infections in recent weeks. While...