A large convoy of Iranian vessels were detected approaching Syria's Baniyas port on Tuesday, according to a maritime group which monitors the movement of oil tankers. They were allegedly carrying a staggering 6.8 million barrels of oil, the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) have...

More than 224,000 people around the world have lost their lives from the novel coronavirus as of Wednesday, according to data compiled by US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university's study found 224,562 fatalities caused by COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, as...

 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...

Several hundred small business owners protested in Kiev on Wednesday, demanding the authorities ease anti-virus measures to save them from bankruptcy. Wearing surgical masks, demonstrators briefly blocked traffic outside a government building in the city centre in defiance of rules against...