Turkish authorities detained the spokesman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for insulting police Friday, a party lawmaker said, the latest detention of a high-profile politician from the Kurdish-rooted opposition. Osman Baydemir, 46, served as mayor of Diyarbakir, Turkey's...

Russia is considering sending at least several hundred thousand tonnes of grains as part of new humanitarian aid supplies to Syria, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Friday. Syria was once self-sufficient in wheat production but continued fighting in the main grain-producing areas...

A teenage Palestinian girl who was shot by Israeli troops after she stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank died of her wounds in hospital Friday, Israel's military and a medical center spokeswoman said. The girl, who Palestinian authorities said was aged 16 and from the West Bank...

Beijing vowed Friday to uphold the Paris climate accord after the United States withdrew from the pact, saying it was a "responsibility shouldered by China as a responsible major country". "We think the Paris accord reflects the widest agreement of the international community with regards to...