An explosion apparently caused by an electrical fault injured several people at an opposition party rally in Turkey's mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Friday, days before parliamentary elections. Television footage showed people being carried out on stretchers as organizers of the rally...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Thursday for unity in the Muslim world in order to counter “oppression” from the West, on the anniversary of his predecessor’s death. In a speech marking 26 years since the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the...

 Sepp Blatter on Tuesday resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss official, FIFA president for 17 years and only reelected on Friday, said a special congress would be called as soon as possible to...

An Egyptian court postponed on Tuesday issuing a final ruling over a death sentence recommendation for former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and other top Muslim Brotherhood leaders in a case related to a 2011 mass jail break. The judge said the case was postponed to June 16. The court...