Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 has risen to nearly 10,000 with 133 new fatalities in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, extending a reversal from a steady fall in daily numbers as the country has relaxed its lockdown. There were 2,531 new coronavirus infections reported in the...

Israel's parliament has approved a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for tax exemptions for official benefits that could exceed $150,000. Coming at a time when Israel is grappling with a major economic crisis due to the pandemic and Netanyahu standing trial on corruption charges,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A rigged motorcycle exploded in the Turkish-held city of Afrin, killing two people and injuring three others on Wednesday, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter. The second blast in a week has targeted the city center where the main marketplace is located. On...

The UN chief called for more pressure to be applied to Yemen's warring parties to come together to arrange a cease-fire in the war that has cost more than 10,000 lives and displaced two million people in the world's worst humanitarian disaster. Yemeni people are "suffering terribly" and...