The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has voted in favor of re-opening monitoring procedures in Turkey. The assembly's monitoring committee raised concerns over constitutional amendments that were approved this month in a national referendum amid a state of emergency....

 Iran's supreme leader called on presidential candidates on Tuesday to champion economic self-sufficiency, further distancing himself from Hassan Rouhani's policy of opening to the West and seeking foreign investment. Allies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who aim to reclaim the presidency...

 Palestinian leaders Tuesday said Britain had rejected their request for an apology for a 1917 declaration that helped pave the way to the state of Israel, adding that they would pursue international court action unless London backtracked. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for...

Ukraine cut electricity to parts of an eastern region controlled by pro-Russian separatists Tuesday, citing unpaid debt – a step the Kremlin said amounted to a rejection by Kiev of breakaway territories. Three years after Moscow annexed the Crimean region, tensions between Ukraine and...