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A man wearing mask walks on a street in Tehran, Iran, on March 7, 2020. The novel coronavirus has claimed 194 lives in Iran, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced Sunday. Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the ministry, said the total number of the confirmed cases now stands at 6,566, of whom 2,134 have recovered. Tehran records 1,805 cases of infection, the highest number among the country's provinces, followed by Qom with 685 cases and Mazandaran with 620 cases. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)

Turkey’s confirmed cases exceed 110,000; Iran registers over 90,000 cases in total

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Turkey on Sunday reported 2,357 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 110,130. Meanwhile, Iran has registered 90,481 cases after...

Mideast countries continue anti-coronavirus efforts as Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts

xinhuanet.com - Apr 25, 2020 0

Turkey on Saturday reported 2,861 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 107,773, while Iran has registered 89,328 cases after...

World construction forum to be held in Turkey

Turkey spends US$28.7 billion to protect economy against COVID-19

xinhuanet.com - Apr 25, 2020 0

The Turkish government has taken steps worth 200 billion Turkish liras (28.7 billion U.S. dollars) to protect the economy from COVID-19 impacts since its...

Policemen wait to help transfer passengers on a Turkish Airlines plane from Tehran to a hospital for quarantine in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 25, 2020. A Turkish Airlines plane, departing from Tehran in Iran and due to arrive in Istanbul, was diverted to Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday over the suspicion of COVID-19 infection and passengers onboard have been taken under quarantine. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

Turkey crosses major threshold with 100,000 COVID-19 cases

xinhuanet.com - Apr 24, 2020 0

Turkey crossed a major threshold as the total COVID-19 cases exceeded 100,000 on Thursday, but the government mulls a plan to ease restrictions in...

Bulgaria seizes 148,000 smuggled protective masks at border with Turkey

xinhuanet.com - Apr 13, 2020 0

Bulgarian customs inspectors have seized 148,000 smuggled protective masks at the country's Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint near the border with Turkey, authorities said Monday. ...

Pedestrians wearing masks are seen in downtown Tehran, Iran, Feb. 23, 2020. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday issued an order to form a national headquarters to cope with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, state TV reported. Since Iran announced the first batch cases of the coronavirus in the country on Wednesday, 43 Iranians have been confirmed infected by the virus, eight of whom have died. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)

COVID-19 cases in Iran surpass 71,000 as Turkey’s confirmed cases near 57,000

xinhuanet.com - Apr 12, 2020 0

Iran on Sunday reported 1,657 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 71,686 in the country, while Turkey's confirmed cases climbed to 56,956. ...

COVID-19 infections top 70,000 in Iran as Turkey confirms over 52,000 cases with speeding...

xinhuanet.com - Apr 11, 2020 0

As COVID-19 sweeps the Middle East, the two worst-hit countries in the region both suffer relentless spread, but witness different trends. In...

Turkey detains 11 for house party despite anti-coronavirus measures

xinhuanet.com - Mar 30, 2020 0

Turkish police detained 11 people for joining a party in a villa in Istanbul despite the government's strict measures against the outbreak of COVID-19,...

Turkey to cancel all international flights over COVID-19 fears

xinhuanet.com - Mar 27, 2020 0

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that all international flights would be cancelled as part of the fight against COVID-19. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with his US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of a Group of 20 (G20) summit, in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. The two heads of state exchanged in-depth views on bilateral ties and global hot-spot issues. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

G20 and its summits

xinhuanet.com - Mar 26, 2020 0

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a virtual summit of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing...

Turkey: Arbitrary detention of 13 prominent human rights lawyers

william gomes - Mar 13, 2020 0

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey, Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights activist, and Freelance Journalist. According to the Observatory for the Protection...

Two cases of coronavirus confirmed in Ghana

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Two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Ghana, the Health Minister Kwasi Agyemang-Manu has announced. He made this known at an emergency press briefing...

Turkish Army Pullout Will Bring Peace To Northern Syria

Turkey and Russia reach agreement “to a large extent” regarding ceasefire in Idlib

xinhuanet.com - Mar 12, 2020 0

Turkish and Russian military delegations who have been discussing the ceasefire in Idlib since Tuesday have reached an agreement "to a large extent," Turkish...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell hold a joint news conference after a college meeting of the EU executive to discuss Iran crisis, in Brussels, Belgium January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Turkey and EU should cooperate on refugees – Josep Borrell

xinhuanet.com - Mar 5, 2020 0

The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stressed that Turkey and the EU should work to address common challenges over regional conflict, semi-official Anadolu...

Turkey’s refugee move exposes EU’s common policy failure

xinhuanet.com - Mar 4, 2020 0

Turkey's sudden decision to open the gates to Europe for refugees exposes Ankara's frustration over the lack of support and the failure of a...

Photo released by Turkish Defense Ministry shows Turkish army launches a military operation into northern Syria on the Turkey-Syria border, on Oct. 9, 2019. Turkish Armed Forces on late Wednesday began a land operation into northern Syria against the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). (Xinhua)

Russian military accuses Turkey of breaching agreement on Syria’s Idlib

xinhuanet.com - Mar 4, 2020 0

The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday criticized Turkey for allegedly violating an agreement reached with Russia on the Idlib de-escalation zone in northwest Syria. ...