Turkey on Monday confirmed 947 daily recoveries from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to over 152,000, according to the country's health minister. The number of people beating the disease reached 152,364, while 722 patients remain in intensive care, Fahrettin Koca said on...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres removed a Saudi-led military coalition from a UN blacklist Monday, several years after it was first named and shamed for killing and injuring children in Yemen. Guterres wrote in his annual report to the UN Security Council Monday that the coalition...

For the fourth time in its history, the Oscars are being postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network said Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards will now be held April 25, 2021, eight weeks later than originally planned because of the pandemic’s...

Libya’s UN-supported government has requested United Nations assistance following the discovery of mass graves in territory recently recaptured from rival forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar, the UN said Monday. UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the UNpolitical mission in Libya "is in...

The toughest US sanctions yet on Syria take effect this week, increasing the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad as he grapples with a deepening economic crisis after a decade of war. Washington says sanctions will help hold Assad and his backers to account for war crimes in a conflict...

The United States on Monday withdrew emergency use authorizations for two antimalarial drugs favored by President Donald Trump to treat the new coronavirus, effectively shutting the door on the politically charged treatments. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) were authorized in...

Doctors Without Borders has pulled out of a hospital in the Afghan capital where gunmen last month killed 25 people, including mothers, in a horrific attack on a maternity ward. The organisation, which specialises in medical assistance in hostile environments, said it feared being the...

Sudan's public prosecutor announced Monday the discovery of a mass grave containing conscripts allegedly killed after trying to flee a military camp in 1998 under ousted president Omar al-Bashir's regime. The grim discovery came as part of investigations into misdeeds committed under...

Protesters were marching on the Georgia state capitol on Monday after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer sparked further public outrage over the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of US law enforcement. Georgia prosecutors said they were weighing bringing...

Local authorities in northwest Syria are replacing the plummeting Syrian pound with the Turkish lira to shield their opposition-held region from economic collapse, an official said Monday. The Salvation Government -- an administrative body linked to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadist group...

Real Madrid and Barcelona will have tougher tests to come but emphatic victories on their return to action at the weekend suggest there may not be much margin for error in what is left of La Liga's title race. Leaders Barca hammered Real Mallorca 4-0 on Saturday before second-placed Madrid...

UN agencies warned Monday that the coronavirus pandemic could lead to the deaths of an additional 51,000 under-fives in the Middle East and North Africa by the end of the year. The World Health Organisation and United Nations children's agency UNICEF said the disruption of essential health...

Formula One chiefs want to stage two races in Shanghai this season after the Chinese Grand Prix was postponed because of the coronavirus, the city's sports boss said Monday, adding there was no final decision. This year's pandemic-disrupted world championship is expected to launch with a...

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun was due to convene the country's top security council on Monday after days of angry protests over a deepening economic crisis. Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with security forces at the weekend across the Mediterranean nation whose currency has collapsed...

Iran warned Monday it may have to reimpose tough measures against the novel coronavirus to ensure social distancing, as it reported more than 100 deaths for a second straight day. Health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said 113 new fatalities took to 8,950 the total number of COVID-19...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) revealed on Saturday that Maher Al-Assad, the brother of Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad, has rejected direct orders from Russia to withdraw all checkpoints erected by the 4th Division from around the country. According to the war...

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread in Latin America, Brazil's death toll on Monday surpassed 43,000 as fatalities topped 17,000 in Mexico. In Brazil, 612 more fatalities over the past 24 hours raised the death toll to 43,332, according to the country's Health Ministry. The...

President Donald Trump is hitting the road again. And while a campaign event with a president who draws TV cameras and raucous crowds can be gold for down-ballot candidates, these days its value can be debatable. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, facing a competitive North Carolina reelection...

A Russian court sentenced an American to 16 years in prison on spying charges a sentence he rejected as political. The Moscow City Court Monday read out the conviction of Paul Whelan on charges of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security prison colony. Whelan has...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for accepting gifts from wealthy friends. But that has not stopped him from seeking another gift from a wealthy friend to pay for his multi million-dollar legal defense. The awkward arrangement opens a window into the very ties with...