Turkey announced financial support for employees forced to take unpaid leave amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Anadolu Agency reports. “Our citizens who are on unpaid leave, do not worry....

Turkey confirmed that 76 more people died from the coronavirus in the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 725, Anadolu Agency reports. The total...

While the Coronavirus continues to ravage almost every nation on earth, Arab countries remain unable, or unwilling, to formulate a collective strategy to help the poorest and most vulnerable...

Turkey has started to distribute free face masks to citizens in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus Covid-19 in the country. Every citizen, except those aged 20...

Turkey's Interior Ministry urged local councils to leave food at designated locations on a regular basis so that the animals would not starve

An officer in the US army and two fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been killed in an ambush in Syria’s eastern province of Deir Ez-Zor....

Investment bonds issued by Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, Aramco, recorded an 8.2 per cent fall in value last month, the worst monthly performance ever after crude oil prices...

One of the latest survivors of the novel coronavirus in Turkey is a 95-year-old man, who was released from the hospital with applauds in western Izmir city on Monday....

A university in eastern Turkey has begun using blood plasma for the passive immunisation of novel coronavirus patients. “Treatment started yesterday by collecting plasma from a patient who...

Oil prices fell today after Saudi Arabia and Russia postponed a meeting to discuss production cuts that might help reduce oversupply in global markets. This comes at a time...

It is “highly probable” the government of Syria or its allies carried out attacks on three healthcare facilities, a school, and a refuge for children in northwest Syria last...

US President Donald Trump yesterday said he would be willing to impose a tax on foreign oil should Saudi Arabia and Russia fail to reach a settlement in their...

Norway has called for more aid to support the struggling economy of the occupied Palestinian territories in the face of the coronavirus crisis, Haaretz has reported. The Palestinian Authority...

Michael Gove is facing a backlash after he praised the Jewish contribution to the fight against coronavirus, but failed to acknowledge the efforts of Muslims and other religions to combat...

The UAE has waived rental and maintenance fees worth millions of dollars for the use of its giant London Excel centre which has been converted into a 4,000-bed emergency...

Egypt’s health minister arrived in Italy on Saturday to deliver medical aid amid the coronavirus global pandemic. Italy has recorded 128,948 infections so far with 15,887 deaths making it...

Increasing oil production will not serve the interests of any country, Russia warned yesterday, stressing that Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking “constructive negotiations aimed at stabilising the global...

Turkey said on Sunday it would minimise its troop movements in operation zones in neighbouring Syria in response to the coronavirus outbreak as the Turkish death toll and infections...

Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility on its mainland after a 53-year-old man tested positive for the new coronavirus, the migration ministry said on Sunday, as reported by...

OPEC and Russia have postponed a Monday meeting to discuss oil output cuts until April 9, OPEC sources said on Saturday, as a dispute between Moscow and Saudi Arabia...

Turkey’s femicide rate has decreased by 22% in the first quarter of the year compared to last year, the country’s Interior Ministry announced on Friday. According to the statement, 64 women...

The EU’s relationship with Turkey cannot be limited to just migration, the EU’s foreign policy chief said on Friday. The questions of migration and financial aid are an important...

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia was ready for deep oil production cuts with the United States and OPEC, but firmly put the blame for the collapse in...

Academic Nukhet Varlık has written a timely book on the experience of the Ottoman Empire in coping with plague. The Professor of History at Rutgers University is the author...

American shale oil companies are calling for a number of measure to reprimand Saudi Arabia including denying the kingdom access to its oil refinery in the US, as part...

NATO must strengthen its political role and dimension in the wake of the coronavirus and beyond, according to Turkey’s Foreign Minister, who said that a group of ten experts...

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab scratched discussions of senior banking appointments from the cabinet’s agenda in a session yesterday. According to reports, Diab withdrew the item for discussion at the start...

Saudi Arabia yesterday called for an urgent meeting of the OPEC+ oil producers with the “aim of seeking a fair agreement that will restore the desired balance to the...

Twitter yesterday removed 7,800 fake accounts linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE for violating its policies and being a “targeted attempt to undermine the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed his country’s support for Italy and Spain during the difficult period that the two countries are enduring due to the coronavirus pandemic....

Donald Trump claimed earlier today that the oil crisis affecting the global markets will be resolved in “a few days”, having spoken with the leaders of both Saudi Arabia...

The European Union has agreed a $262 million package for countries hosting refugees and vulnerable persons from the Middle East, raising the total EU response to the Syrian crises...