Heavy rains that pounded coastal Turkey caused flooding that demolished homes, severed at least five bridges, swept away cars and rendered numerous roads unpassable

The government is planning to add health care staff every time the number of hospitalized patients doubles, but hospital officials say it won't be enough

Eight COVID patients were transferred from hospitals in the center to ones in Jerusalem in the past 24 hours, as small hospitals in central Israel suffer heavy loads

The national coronavirus taskforce, which issued the decision, also ordered a travel ban between all Iranian cities from Sunday to Friday

Both Israel and the United States have expressed stark opposition to the legislation, which has led to tensions between Warsaw and Jerusalem

Almost five percent of Israel's COVID tests came back positive on Friday, compared to about nine percent on average during the previous wave

This is the latest turn in a crisis that has sunk the Lebanese pound by 90 percent in less than two years and pushed more than half of the population into poverty