Turkish and Russian troops on Wednesday held their 22nd joint patrol along the key M4 highway in Idlib, northwestern Syria, said Turkey's National Defense Ministry. “According to the Turkey-Russian Federation Agreement/Protocol; 22nd TUR-RF Combined Land Patrol on M-4 Highway in Idlib,...

Israeli police arrested two prominent Palestinian cultural leaders Wednesday at their home in east Jerusalem on a suspicion of "funding terrorism", their lawyer and police said. Rania Elias, who heads the Yabous Cultural Centre and her husband Suhail Khoury, Director General of the Edward...

 Researchers are making good progress in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said Wednesday. "Realistically it is going to be the first part of next...

Britain’s government announced Wednesday that it will open a new special pathway to obtaining UK citizenship for eligible Hong Kongers from January 2021, taking another step toward solidifying a policy denounced by China. In a statement, the Home Office said holders of the British...