A federal judge in Manhattan Thursday rejected a request by Turkey's state-owned Halkbank to put on hold a federal prosecution accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S. economic sanctions. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman said Halkbank would not face irreparable harm if the case proceeded,...

Two civilians were killed and eight injured on Thursday in an airstrike by eastern Libyan forces on north-western Libya, according to local hospital officials. Jets loyal to military commander Khalifa Haftar bombed Az-Zawiyah city, according to Az-Zawiyah teaching hospital. Earlier on...

Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that a more than two-year block on access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia in the country is a violation of freedom of expression. The ruling opens the way for lifting the website ban, which has been in place since 2017 due to entries that...

A Moroccan YouTuber was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for "insulting the king" in a video broadcast on social networks, his lawyer said. In a separate case, a Moroccan journalist and activist was charged and detained over a tweet that had criticised a court decision, his...