Turkey on Saturday launched new military drills in the eastern Mediterranean and Greece accused Turkish jets of an incursion as tensions mount in a maritime standoff between the NATO members. The confrontation has reignited a longstanding rivalry over disputed maritime rights and gas...

United Arab Emirates has sent many spy agents to Syria to train YPG militia over the past few years, Anadolu Agency has learned from multiple sources. After holding secret talks with the terrorists in 2017, the UAE sent intelligence officers in the area the following year. They...

Children can carry coronavirus in their noses for up to three weeks, according to a study from South Korea. Earlier studies have found the vast majority of children with the virus have mild or no symptoms. But these findings shed light on the unresolved question of how likely...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Jordanian authorities to immediately release a cartoonist for drawing a satirical cartoon about a recent normalization deal between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel. Emad Hajjaj was arrested by Jordanian police on charges of insulting...

The Russian Defence Ministry has confirmed that it might send a new Russian-made anti-drone system to be tested in Syria, Aram Media reported on Friday. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoyu announced that Russia’s Sapsan-Convoy anti-drone system could be sent to Syria, noting that this...

An Azeri presidential aide said Saturday that Russia has been supplying Armenia with weapons since a clash between the two former Soviet republics in July. More than a dozen Armenian and Azeri soldiers were killed in July at the border between the two, which have long been at odds over...

The US armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top US military officer has told Congress. The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in...

The United Nations voiced alarm Saturday over what it called "a dramatic turn of events" in Libya's civil war, after a power struggle between leaders of the Tripoli-based government surfaced in the wake of anti-corruption protests. "Libya is witnessing a dramatic turn of events that...

The head of Libya's internationally recognized government suspended his powerful interior minister from his duties Friday, saying his handling of street protests and a violent crackdown against them would be investigated. The move coincides with reports of growing friction between Fayez...

The US armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top US military officer has told Congress. The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in America,...

The president of the United Arab Emirates has issued a decree cancelling a law on boycotting Israel and allowing trade and financial agreements between the two countries, the UAE official news agency WAM reported Saturday. The decree from UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan aims at...

First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to the...

British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing, China’s embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is pursuing a more aggressive diplomatic strategy. A spokesman for the embassy was commenting on a report in the Times...

A German regional court gave the go-ahead on Saturday for mass demonstrations planned in Berlin against coronavirus curbs, ruling against the capital’s ban on such protests. Police have readied for violence as activists opposed to the virus measures have urged social media followers across...

Japan’s ruling party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor around Sept. 15, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday, after Abe abruptly announced his resignation for health reasons on Friday. The president of Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party is virtually assured of being prime minister...

Turkey warded off six Greek F-16 jets as they approached the region in the Eastern Mediterranean where Turkey issued a maritime Navtex alert, the country’s National Defense Ministry said on Friday. On Aug. 27, the Turkish Air Forces’ radar systems detected six F-16 jets taking off from...

Coronavirus infections and fatalities continued to rise in Latin American countries Friday. Cases in Argentine rose to 380,292 with 10,104 additional infections reported in the past 24 hours, according to health authorities. At least 185 more patients lost their lives, bringing...

Turkey is determined to preserve the de-escalation zone in Idlib, Syria despite the violations of cease-fire and the brutality of Assad regime, the country’s presidential spokesman said on Friday. Turkey’s Ibrahim Kalin met visiting US special envoy for Syria James Jeffrey and his...

Four army forces were killed and 12 more wounded when an ISIS-planted landmine rocked their vehicle in the central Homs province, pro-regime activists said Friday. The mine blast took place in the Syrian desert, known as Badia, east of Homs city where the radical group is still...

The NBA playoff games will resume Saturday following a series of commitments reached between players and the league after a strike that halted play, the parties announced Friday. In a joint statement the NBA and its players association said they have agreed to "immediately establish a...