The Turkish lira and bonds slipped Friday as increasing conflict in neighbouring Syria unsettled investors, with the market also hit by a global flight to safe-haven assets in response to coronavirus worries. Syria-related jitters increased after Turkish forces and Syrian rebels fought...

Iranians are voting for a new parliament Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and isolate the country diplomatically. The disqualification of more than 7,000 potential candidates, most of them reformists and...

China reported an uptick in new cases of coronavirus Friday, boosted by more than 200 people testing positive for the disease in two prisons outside of Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak. As international authorities tried to stop the outbreak in China from becoming a global...

Assad regime forces in Syria are in preparation to attack civilian settlements in central Aleppo, and then pin the blame on Turkey for “targeting civilians,” according to the moderate opposition in Idlib, northwestern Syria. Moderated opposition groups infiltrated into the lines of the...