(The Daily Star)- Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday defended Turkey's post-coup state of emergency but rankled his hosts when he appeared to criticize how it was being implemented. "Regarding the state of emergency, Turkey has every right to defend and protect...

(The Daily Star)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the situation in Syria in a phone call and agreed that experts will continue searching for ways to resolve Aleppo crisis, Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday. The ministry said in a...

More than 3,800 people have been displaced in areas around Mosul since a major offensive was launched last week to oust Daesh from the northern Iraqi city, according to the ministry of migration and displacement Monday. Some 904 people were transferred Sunday from Bashiqa and Gayara fronts...

 Leicester City heroes Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, stars in their team's fairytale run to the Premier League title, have been named on a 30-player longlist for the 2016 Ballon d'Or. Vardy -- who has enjoyed a meteoric rise from amateur football to rub shoulders with the game's biggest...