A total of 65 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in government-controlled areas in Syria on Saturday, the health ministry said in a statement. With the new cases, the tally of coronavirus infections has risen to 2,628 in Syria's government-controlled areas since March, including 599...

Turkey on Saturday launched new military drills in the eastern Mediterranean and Greece accused Turkish jets of an incursion as tensions mount in a maritime standoff between the NATO members. The confrontation has reignited a longstanding rivalry over disputed maritime rights and gas...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Jordanian authorities to immediately release a cartoonist for drawing a satirical cartoon about a recent normalization deal between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel. Emad Hajjaj was arrested by Jordanian police on charges of insulting...

First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to...