The Libyan army on Thursday said it gained control of a main supply line used by warlord Khalifa Haftar's militias, days after it regained full control over the capital Tripoli from the forces loyal to the eastern-based renegade commander. An army statement said it now controlled the...

A local US consulate employee was sentenced to nearly nine years in prison in Turkey Thursday for "aiding an armed terror group" that Ankara blames for a failed 2016 coup. Metin Topuz, who worked as a liaison officer for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Istanbul, was arrested...

 More than 180,000 people have been infected in Iran's coronavirus outbreak since it first emerged nearly four months ago, an official said Thursday. As the figures were announced, President Hassan Rouhani called on Iranians to stick to guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of...

The Turkish army on Thursday has set up a new observation point in the southern countryside of Idlib province as Russia renews airstrikes on the last opposition stronghold. According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the new army unit was stationed in the Jabal al-Zawiya region, topping the...