Those who threaten Turkey with sanctions will end up disappointed, the nation's president said on Saturday. "We are determined to put across that Turkey will never hesitate to use its sovereign rights," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a highway opening. "They tried to confront...

Tunisia and Palestinian territory Gaza announced more coronavirus fatalities early Saturday as they continued efforts to contain the disease.   Tunisian Health Ministry reported that 58 more people died due to the virus, and 1,616 new cases were identified. The total deaths...

Israel has destroyed more than 100,000 olive trees in the West Bank since 2010, according to Palestinian NGOs. “Israeli settlers have uprooted, burned down and chemically poisoned 101,988 olive trees since 2010,” Nazeh Fkhaida, director of the Palestinian Agricultural Damage...

A fire broke out Saturday at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey after an oxygen cylinder exploded, killing eight people, state-run media reported. The Anadolu news agency said the fire took place at the privately-run Sanko University Hospital unit in...