Turkey confirmed 29,617 more COVID-19 infections, including 5,064 symptomatic patients, over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released Monday. The total number of cases reached over 1.86 million with the latest additions, the data showed. At least 28,164 patients...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended on Monday the execution of a prominent dissident journalist based in France and captured by Iran last year, saying the death sentence passed on Ruhollah Zam was carried out lawfully. European countries "have the right to comment, but Zam was...

Kurdish YPG militia on Monday raided villages in Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria to detain participants in demonstrations against the terror group, according to local sources. The terrorist organization rounded up some 50 Syrian citizens in the last 40 days and placed them in a prison...

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday as travel stocks surged on the launch of a nationwide COVID-19 vaccine campaign, while Alexion Pharmaceuticals jumped following a bumper buyout offer from Britain’s AstraZeneca. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 77.54 points, or...