Often seen grinning at a missile launch or in command of lengthy official meetings, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has offered a glimpse of a different image: emotional and apologetic. At a weekend military parade where he showed off Pyongyang's latest and largest intercontinental...

China rushed Tuesday to test an entire city of nine million within days after a minor coronavirus outbreak, as the WHO warned that letting the pathogen run free to achieve herd immunity was "scientifically and ethically problematic". The virus is still spreading rapidly around the world,...

US President Donald Trump tested negative for the novel coronavirus on "consecutive days," White House physician Sean Conley announced Monday.   "In response to your inquiry regarding the President's most recent COVID-19 tests, I can share with you that he has tested NEGATIVE, on...

The UN's Libya envoy on Monday urged rival parties to place the national interest before political ambitions when they meet for talks next month aimed at ending a decade of bloodshed. The North African country is dominated by armed groups, riven by local conflicts and divided between two...

In 2019, President Donald Trump made a controversial decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Northeast Syria, essentially greenlighting a Turkish-led invasion of areas controlled by America’s Kurdish allies. He recently downplayed the consequences of that decision. “They’ve been fighting like...

A Turkish foundation built 600 new houses for families in the Idlib region in northwestern Syria, the group announced on Monday. Ihsan Acik, the Turkey Diyanet Foundation's (TDV) vice president, said the first phase of the foundation's Goodness Housing project was now complete. The...

US President Donald Trump blasted on Monday the protesters in Portland, Oregon who toppled statues of former presidents, urging for federal law enforcement action. "The Radical Left fools in Portland don't want any help from real Law Enforcement which we will provide instantaneously. Vote!"...

Over 700 people were detained in Belarus during mass protests against the re-election of the country's authoritarian leader in a disputed election - the harshest crackdown in weeks on protesters. The Belarusian Interior Ministry reported Monday that 713 people were detained during rallies...

American forces conducted over the past couple days several airstrikes in support of Afghan security force under attack by Taliban in the southern Helmand province, the spokesman for the US military in Afghanistan said Monday. Col. Sonny Leggett confirmed on his twitter account that the...

Hundreds of Syrian rebels and civilians are being sent by Turkey to Azerbaijan to guard Turkish troops and strategic assets, with suspicions that they may soon find themselves in the current Nagorno-Karabakh clashes, Middle East Eye has learnt. A source based in Turkey with direct knowledge...

 For the second day in a row, Iran announced on Monday its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus with 272 people confirmed dead. The announcement by Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari saw Iran also give its single-day highest count of new cases with 4,206 new...

Jordan's King Abdullah swore in a new government Monday led by veteran diplomat Bisher al Khaswaneh that will seek to accelerate IMF-backed reforms as the economy faces its sharpest contraction in decades due to the coronavirus crisis. British-educated Khasawneh, 51, was appointed Wednesday...

Turkey's central bank, faced with a record-low currency and widening current account deficit, further left behind ultra-loose measures adopted during the coronavirus pandemic when it raised Monday the remuneration rate on required lira reserves. The weakness of the lira, near an all-time...

Suhail Deeb was eager to harvest his olives before sweeping forest fires that ravaged parts of Syria at the weekend left him with nothing but charred trunks and branches. "I used to have 100 trees, but now nothing is left," said the 61-year-old farmer at his blackened olive grove in the...

Iran Monday said the US was facing a "historic" defeat as an arms embargo against Tehran is to be lifted within days despite Washington's bid to have it extended. Addressing the issue at a news conference, foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh also lashed out at the "insanity" of the...

Mosques across Syria held prayers calling for rain yesterday, in an effort to ease a drought that recently hit the country. The prayers were said to have been ordered by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The Middle East was hit by wildfires in recent weeks, forcing thousands of people...

Syrian regime forces attacked Iranian militia sites in the eastern governorate of Deir Ez-Zor and controlled an oil field which was previously held by the Iranian militiamen, local media sources reported. The sources said the National Defence forces, in cooperation with the Republican...

The final decision of former Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, to run for the post once again depends on the parliamentary blocs’ willingness to cooperate with him, a senior source in the Future Bloc said. “Hariri’s final decision to run for the post depends on the willingness of the...

The global COVID-19 pandemic can be overcome quickly if countries use the right tools, the head of the World Health Organisation said on Monday, but warned that if those tools were not used it would remain for a long time. “If we use the tools we have at hand properly, we can end it soon,”...

The total number of coronavirus cases crossed 90,000 in Japan, as infections continued to rise in capital Tokyo -- the worst-hit city in the country. The government data released Sunday night showed coronavirus cases at 90,009, Kyodo News Agency reported. At least 1,643 people have died due...