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Turks Stream out for First Lockdown-Free Weekend in Nearly 2 Months

Wear Masks in Public Says WHO, in Update of COVID-19 Advice

Global Vaccines Program Gets $8.8Bn Shot in the Arm

Erdogan Cancels Weekend Curfew over Public Backlash

Generation Z: Creative and Committed Against the Virus

WHO Resumes Study of Hydroxychloroquine for Treating COVID-19

Kurdish Man’s Case Becomes Rallying Cry for Japan Protest

The case of a Kurdish man who says he was stopped and shoved to the ground by Tokyo police became a rallying cry for protesters marching in solidarity with Black Lives Matter on Saturday. Several hundred people chanting "I can't breathe" to invoke the death of George Floyd in the United States ma

Italy Expels Tunisian Tied to Berlin Christmas Market Attack

Italy's interior ministry said on Saturday it had expelled a Tunisian national linked to the man who carried out a deadly 2016 attack on a Berlin Christmas market. Montassar Yaakoubi, described by the ministry as "an associate of the Tunisian terrorist Anis Amri," was flown to Tunisia on a specia

Uproar in Turkey after Police Detain 3 Opposition MPs

The detention this week of three Turkish opposition lawmakers after they were stripped of their jobs by parliament, has triggered furious charges against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. The parliament controlled by Erdogan's AKP party barred an MP from the main opposition Republican

Israel Suspends Parliament Sessions after MP Infected with Virus

The Long Taliban, US War in Afghanistan

Turkish Officers Disperse Anti-Police Brutality Protest

10,000 Israelis Quarantined Over Fears of New COVID-19 Wave

UN Calls for Urgent Action to Aid Countries Near 'Debt Distress' From COVID-19

Head the UN Economic and Social Council stressed the need for a quick action Tuesday to help the growing number of countries already facing or at risk of “debt distress” because of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Norway’s UN ambassador, Mona Juul, head of the 54-nation UN body, s

Netanyahu Files Police Complaint over Death Threats

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has filed a complaint with the police for the third time this year about receiving death threats from Israeli Jews. A senior police commander came to Netanyahu’s residence to take his testimony, and the police said it is investigating three suspects. I

Turkey Orders Detention of 118 People over Gulen Links

Turkey issued detention warrants for 118 people, mostly members of the military and security forces, suspected of links to the network that Ankara says was behind a 2016 coup attempt, the Istanbul prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. Authorities have carried out a sustained crackdown on alleged f

Demands to Close Schools in Israel After Rise in COVID-19 Cases

Antarctica's Ice Shelves Once Retreated 50 Meters per Day

Distancing and Masks Cut COVID-19 Risk, Says Largest Review of Evidence

WHO and Other Experts Say No Evidence of Coronavirus Losing Potency

Grand Bazaar, Cafes Open and Flights Resume as Turkey Eases up

Flights and car travel resumed between Turkey’s big cities on Monday and cafes, restaurants and Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar reopened in the country’s biggest step to ease restrictions taken to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Traffic levels jumped in the commercial hub of Istanbul, with many Turks r

World Virus Cases Top 6 Mln as Leaders Disagree on Pandemic Response

Two UN Peacekeepers Die of COVID-19 in Mali

UN Extends South Sudan Arms Embargo

Turkey Resumes Mass Prayers at Mosques