Inverted tulips (fritillaria imperialis) are seen on a spring day in Gevaş district in the eastern province of Van. (AA Photo)

The residents of the southeastern province of Mardin practicing self-isolation rules due to the coronavirus outbreak are organizing on social media and flying kites from rooftops at certain times every day.

Turkish prosecutors on May 8 said that 44 inmates in an Istanbul prison have tested positive for COVID-19.

Turkish Labor, Social Services and Family Ministry on May 8 announced visitors will not be allowed to retirement and nursing homes across the country on Mother's Day Sunday, and also during traditional Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Some of the restrictions imposed on open marketplaces as part of the measures to take the spread of the coronavirus outbreak under control have been lifted, the Interior Ministry has announced in a circular sent to 81 provinces across the country.

Turkey is open to sincere and meaningful cooperation with the EU for a common future, Turkey's foreign minister said on May 9 to commemorate Europe Day.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) confirmed on May 8 that teams can make extra substitutions during games to "protect player welfare" in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Turkey’s new production line, established with the locally-produced machines, came into service for a state-run shell factory on May 8. 

Turkey’s state-run aid agency on May 8 distributed food packages and hygiene kits among 180 refugee families in Tunisia.

Turkey has neutralized over 1,300 terrorists across five different operation areas since the beginning of 2020, the country's national defense minister said.

Russia's Red Army Choir shot a video at home playing notes from the Ottoman military band Mehter in support of Turkey's fight with the novel coronavirus.

A pole dance instructor in Turkey has moved her studio to the internet as people across the world turn to online exercise classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The number of fallow deer, whose natural population continued only in the resort town of Antalya and remained at only seven about half a century ago, reached 500 after a protection project was launched.

As coronavirus lockdowns around the world are easing, the resort town of Kalkan on the Mediterranean coast is drawing the attention of tourists who want to holiday in isolation.

A master locksmith continues his artistic work in a Turkish UNESCO World Heritage city during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Turkish elder care homes are taking measures to protect the elderly across the country as the world grapples with the continued dangers of coronavirus.

One Beşiktaş player and a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus three days after the announcement that the Turkish league will resume next month, the club said on May 9. 

Russia on May 8 marked Turkey's efforts in Syria's Idlib province with an aim to free the key M4 highway from radical groups.

The president of Turkey on May 9 marked the annual Europe Day, saying the EU would come out of its current pandemic-induced crisis stronger with the right and timely steps.

More than 800 Turkish nationals were repatriated on May 8 from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of an initiative by Ankara amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Turkish scientists have come to the animal experiment phase to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, the country's technology and industry minister said on May 8. 

Turkey's confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 2,253 in the past 24 hours, and 64 more people have died, taking the death toll to 3,584, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on May 6.

Turkey has imposed a two-day curfew in 24 provinces beginning on May 8 at midnight in an effort to stem spread of the novel coronavirus, which has claimed nearly 3,700 lives in the country.

Redacted figures, including drone strikes, are the latest military data to be restricted in a conflict that killed or injured 10,000 civilians in 2019.

On top of floods and the COVID-19 pandemic, locust swarms are threatening farms and food. Iran says sanctions are thwarting its response plans.

Women in camps worry they will find little aid if they become victims of physical or sexual violence.

More than 250,000 people have died in this pandemic, but untold indirect losses lie ahead as other health services risk being neglected.

Coronavirus adds 20 percent to the world's humanitarian bill.

Shattered ceasefires, a $6.7-billion price tag, and Italy’s migrant amnesty: updates on how COVID-19 is disrupting humanitarian efforts around the globe.

Up to a third of the country’s medical staff and health workers could lose out in the planned WHO cuts.

The botched raid comes amid concerns over the regime’s ability to cope with COVID-19, given its run-down economy and health systems.

Coronavirus concerns are grabbing the headlines. But other crises haven’t stopped. Here’s a look at what else is going on.

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A six-year high of $961.05-million foreign portfolio investments left the Philippines in March, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data showed. March’s net outflows of “hot money” — so called because of how easily these go in and out of the economy — was a turnaround from February’s $40.06-million net inflows. The latest amount was the […]

MULTI-Grammy Award-winning singer Michael Bublé honored his grandfather’s last wish by turning over his home in Vancouver, Canada, to his longtime Filipina caregiver Minette. In an episode of the HGTV show “Celebrity IOU,” the international star behind the hit songs “Feeling Good,” “Haven’t Met You” and “Home” said Minette took good care of his grandfather […]

SPEAKER Alan Peter Cayetano breaks his silence on the closure of media giant ABS-CBN Corp. after a cease and desist order was issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and warned of “reckoning” for those responsible for the “mess”. “Last Tuesday we were all ambushed by the NTC,” Cayetano said in a statement posted on […]

OFFSHORE gaming operators and their service providers must settle all their tax liabilities before resuming operations, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd reiterated on Friday. “In order for POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operators) service providers to be allowed to operate, they must pay their 2019 income tax liabilities, or in the case of POGO franchisees, the […]

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THE Supreme Court (SC) junked a petition for mandamus that seeks to compel Malacanang to disclose President Rodrigo Duterte’s state of health. Brian Keith Hosaka, SC Public Information Office chief and spokesman, disclosed that the decision was arrived at following the court’s virtual en banc session on Friday. “I confirm the denial of the petition, […]

TWO sailors were injured after fire broke out from one of the Philippine Navy ships tasked to bring home donated personal protective equipment (PPE) from India. Lt. Cdr. Maria Christina Roxas, Philippine Navy spokesman, said the fire started at the main engine room of the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16), a few hours after leaving Cochin […]

FORMER Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Ricky Vargas believes that 2016 Rio Olympics weightlifting silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz and 2015 Southeast Asian Games boxing welterweight gold medalist Eumir Felix Marcial have the strongest chances of winning the country’s first ever gold at the Olympics next year. Vargas, currently the president of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) and formerly the Philippine Basketball Association chairman, […]

MANILA: Manila’s international airport will allow international charter and commercial flights to resume arriving on designated days, beginning from Monday.

Hundreds of thousands of fans of the K-pop supergroup Blackpink have reacted with anguish and outrage to reports of a death threat made against its Thai star, Lalisa “Lisa” Manoban.

AHMEDABAD, India: Drones hovered over this pandemic-stricken city on Saturday spraying disinfectant on the streets, hours after security forces clashed with residents who defied a toughened lockdown.

A man wanted in connection with the murder of four people in Ayutthaya was arrested in Suphan Buri on Saturday, six years after fleeing arrest.

PATTAYA: Three foreigners have been detained for violating the emergency decree after they were found swimming at a closed beach behind a hotel in this resort city on Saturday.

LONDON: The British government has told airlines it will introduce a 14-day quarantine period for most people arriving from abroad to try to avoid a second peak of the coronavirus pandemic, an airline association said on Saturday.

SURAT THANI: A Spanish man has allegedly stabbed a Chilean man to death on Koh Phangan in this southern province.