Turkey's official death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to 3,081, the health minister said Wednesday. In a tweet, Fahrettin Koca said 89 more deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours while there were 2,936 new cases. The total number of reported infections is now 117,589, as...

Iran must not give in to U.S. "provocations", Russia said Wednesday, following months of mounting tension between Washington and Tehran. "We are urging maximum restraint and caution, not to give in to provocations and aggressive rhetoric," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told...

Lebanon's under-fire central bank chief Wednesday blamed a lack of government reforms for a spiralling economic crisis that has seen angry protesters spill back into the streets despite a coronavirus lockdown. Central bank governor Riad Salameh was speaking after two nights of street...

Voices reverberate around the room in Turkey's busiest medical emergency hotline in Istanbul, where there has been a surge in calls during the coronavirus crisis. Wearing masks and sitting in front of screens where they have a list of questions, the center's employees are some of those who...