Lebanese security forces fired tear gas and clashed with anti-government protesters in Beirut on Friday, setting off street confrontations that lasted for hours. Protesters threw stones and fireworks at police, and security forces responded with tear gas in an effort to disperse the...

 Lebanon will re-open Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport for commercial flights beginning July 1, but will keep air traffic at 10% of capacity from a year ago, a statement from the prime minister’s office said on Friday. Private flights will resume from June 24, the statement...

The number of new coronavirus cases in Turkey rose above 1,000 in the last 24 hours for the first time since May 29, Health Ministry data showed on Friday, after the easing of travel restrictions and reopening of public facilities at the start of last week. The data showed 1,195 new cases...

Iran on Friday confirmed 75 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,659. A further 2,369 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 182,545, Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari said....