Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman on Thursday criticized European countries for closing their borders to Syrian refugees. Speaking at European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Kahraman criticized certain European countries over "building walls [to block]...

Japan will step up its activity in the contested South China Sea through joint training patrols with the United States and bilateral and multilateral exercises with regional navies, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said on Thursday. Inada said in a speech at Washington's Center for...

The past summer was one of contrast for Neymar, who faced numerous questions over his future in between major titles with Barcelona and the Brazilian Olympic football team. Paris Saint-Germain were at the front of the queue for the winger, putting a 40 million euro five-year contract in...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday lambasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "ethnic cleansing" video as an "unacceptable and outrageous" portrayal of people who oppose Israeli settlements in the West Bank, home to more than 2.7 million Palestinians. Ban told the...