Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the year 2016 was "difficult" but congratulated his country on its accomplishments and on believing in itself. The past year "was difficult, but the difficulties we came across united us," Putin said in his traditional New Year's greeting,...

Rafael Nadal ended an injury-plagued 2016 on a high by lifting the Mubadala World Tennis Championship title for a fourth time Saturday. The 30-year-old Spaniard defeated 11th-ranked Belgian David Goffin 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in their first meeting after world number one Andy Murray earlier ousted...

A group of Egyptian lawyers on Saturday filed a lawsuit against President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and five top officials over a controversial agreement to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The move came days after the government approved the agreement to transfer the sovereignty of...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Saturday in his new year message that Turkey will reach its 100th year goals. Erdogan issued a new year's message at the presidential complex in Ankara, saying that 2016 was a year in which many sad incidents followed one another. "We were subjected...