Kuwait's State Security Agency has referred a large company for investigation into alleged money laundering after it was found to have had financial ties with the so-called Iranian Fouad Network, local media have reported. According to Al-Qabas, a security source said that suspicious...

A top Russian official has warned that Moscow could intervene to help Russian-speaking residents in eastern Ukraine if Ukraine launches an all-out assault on separatists there. Russian-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian troops have been clashing in the east of the country. Russia...

Iraq's Health Ministry has warned of “dire consequences” ahead because citizens are not heeding coronavirus prevention measures, after the country reached a new high in daily infection rates. Iraq recorded 8,331 new virus cases within a 24-hour period on Wednesday, the highest figure...

Turkey has posted record daily numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases for the past 10 days, including 55,941 new infections reported late Thursday. Keen to minimize the pandemic's repercussions for Turkey's ailing economy, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan eased infection-control measures in...