United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United Nations Security Council voted Wednesday to endorse an agreement between rival Libyan political factions to form a government of national unity. The 15-nation body gave its support to the deal signed last week in the...

Clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants intensified in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir Wednesday after a bomb attack on troops there killed one soldier and wounded seven other people, security sources said. Turkish security forces last week launched an operation in...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu has slammed Russia for bombing moderate rebels and civilians in Syria, arguing that Moscow's aerial campaign has boosted ISIS. Davutoglu told members of his ruling Justice and Development party that Russia has mostly been "targeting moderate opposition...

Turkish police on Tuesday fired tear gas cannisters and used water cannon to disperse thousands of people protesting in the southeast against the military crackdown on Kurdish rebels, an AFP photographer said. The protesters sought to march on the Sur neighbourhood of the...