At least 37 people have been rescued after a boat carrying 45 Syrian refugees capsized southeast of the Greek island of Crete, Turkish authorities said on Friday.The boat sank at 9.10 p.m. local time (1800GMT) on Thursday in the search and rescue area…

The World Health Organization said Friday countries have the responsibility to work together, in partnership with WHO, so scientists can try to find the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, after China rejected a plan for a second phase of investigations….

The World Health Organization is urging African countries to ramp up preparations for COVID-19 vaccination rollouts in anticipation of the imminent arrival of millions of vaccine doses on the continent. WHO reports more than 6.2 million people have b…

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday extended condolences over the loss of lives in a road accident in Pakistan.”Learned with deep sorrow that many Pakistani brothers and sisters passed away in a bus accident in Punjab (northeastern prov…

Turkey has administered nearly 63.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in January, according to figures released on Monday.The country continues its intensive vaccination campaign to curb the spread of coro…

Turkey has significantly contained the spread of COVID-19 and the country will observe this year’s Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, in relatively better conditions, the Turkish president said on Monday.In a video message markin…

The World Health Organization has warned that COVID-19 is gaining ground in Africa, with the death toll jumping 43% in the past week. WHO says the continent recorded 1 million new cases in just one month, with several countries facing shortages of oxy…