MOSCOW (AFP)-  Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is expected to be reelected for a fourth term in an upcoming ballot, said Saturday he had no plans to change the constitution to stay in the Kremlin beyond 2024. Asked by the US television network NBC whether he would follow in...

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least five people in central Nigeria's Plateau state, police said Saturday, in the latest violence linked to tensions over grazing rights. Thursday's attack happened just as President Muhammadu Buhari was rounding up a tour of Plateau and...

Qatar accused the United Arab Emirates Friday of seizing a fishing boat and forcing its eight occupants to enter Emirati waters at gunpoint, the latest accusation in a nine-month row between the Gulf Arab neighbors. The UAE, along with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, imposed travel, diplomatic...

Turkish banking sector posted a 4.5 billion Turkish lira ($1.2 billion) net profit in January this year, according to the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) on Friday. In January, the net profit of the sector recorded a 22.7 percent rise year-on-year, compared to 3.7...