Turkey on Friday evening said no casualties were reported in a May 10 attack on a Turkish cargo ship in Yemen. In a written statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said the cargo ship Ince Inebolu was attacked by a missile along the coast of Yemen on its way to Saleef...

The United States said on Friday it was concerned about a Houthi missile strike on a Turkish vessel carrying wheat to Yemen this month and another attack on an oil tanker in the Red Sea. "The United States is alarmed by the Houthi missile strike against a Turkish cargo ship 70 miles off...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that he would not serve more than two presidential terms in a row, as the Russian constitution states. His current presidential term, his second in succession, ends in 2024.

The House of Representatives has voted to require Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to determine whether U.S. military or intelligence personnel violated the law in interrogations of detainees in Yemen. By voice vote, the House on Thursday adopted the measure as part of the 2019 defense...

Thousands of Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem converged on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on the second Friday of the Ramadan fasting month. Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for Jerusalem’s Religious Affairs Authority, told Anadolu Agency that as many as 200,000...

The UN humanitarian chief on Friday urged the Saudi-led coalition and the Yemeni government to speed up food imports through commercial ports to prevent the rising starvation in the country. "I am extremely concerned by recent developments in Yemen. Over the past few weeks we have seen...

A baby who died near the Gaza border was not included in a Gaza health ministry list of Palestinians killed by the Israel army, after a dispute over how she died. The ministry and family members originally said 8-month-old Leila al-Ghandour had died after inhaling tear gas along the...

Several major U.S. news websites including the Los Angeles Times were blocked in Europe Friday after the EU's new data protection laws came into effect. The LA Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Baltimore Sun and Orlando Sentinel websites all displayed the same message saying...

Saudi air defenses late Thursday night intercepted a “ballistic missile” fired into Saudi territory by Yemen’s Houthi rebel group, according to Saudi media reports. The missile was fired toward Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Najran province, the Al-Ekhbariya television channel reported....

Pope Francis has slammed untrue claims linking Islam with terrorism, according to local media reports Thursday. According to the ANSA news agency, the pope said the view equating Islam with terrorism is baseless. "It might be coming out of many people's mouths, but this equation...

The United States Thursday imposed sanctions on several Iranian and Turkish companies and a number of aircraft in a move targeting four Iranian airlines. The companies targeted were linked to Mahan Air and Meraj Air, the U.S. Treasury Department said. It added it was targeting a number of their...

A Sudanese teenager sentenced to death for killing her husband after he allegedly raped her has filed an appeal, her lawyer said Thursday. Noura Hussein had been found guilty of the "intentional murder" of a man she said raped her after being forced to marry him at the age of 16 by her...

Pope Francis warned Italian bishops this week to vet carefully applicants to the priesthood and reject anyone they suspected might be homosexual, local media reported Thursday. "Keep an eye on the admissions to seminaries, keep your eyes open," the pope was quoted as saying by newspaper...

 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Thursday a committee will investigate allegations of fraud in the May 12 national elections, according to a statement from his office. The committee will be led by the head of the financial control bureau, the statement said.

U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday called off a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for next month, even after North Korea followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels at its nuclear test site. Trump announced his abrupt withdrawal from what would have...

China criticized the U.S. on Thursday after Pentagon announced it withdrew its invitiation to Beijing to participate in the upcoming Pacific military drill on the pretext of the country's continued militarization of the South China Sea.  Ministry of National Defense spokesman Ren...

Following Washington's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, the Islamic republic's supreme leader has laid out his country's conditions for upholding its side of the landmark accord with world powers. The following excerpts from an address by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Iranian...

The Kremlin Thursday said Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her ex-spy father in Britain in March, could have been pressured into making a video saying she was not ready to return to Russia. On Wednesday Yulia Skripal said she one day hoped to return to her home country but first...

The Kremlin Thursday denied an allegation from Ukraine that Russia was planning a cyber-attack on Ukrainian state bodies and private companies ahead of the Champions League soccer final in Kiev Saturday. The U.S. government said late on Wednesday that it would seek to wrestle hundreds...

Turkey and Saudi Arabia have deep-rooted relations and similar approaches on key regional issues, a panel heard Wednesday. "Turkey-Saudi Arabia Media Meeting", organized by the Directorate General of Press and Information (BYEGM), was held in capital Ankara. The speakers focused...