CAIRO (AP)- Egyptian authorities have published a list of telephone numbers for citizens to use to bring attention to any media reports they perceive as undermining the country's security or hurting public interest. The publication of the numbers - listed in a statement issued late on...

BAGHDAD (AFP)- Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they had ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the airports of Erbil and Sulaimaniyah were "again open to international...

Arrest warrants were issued for 25 soldiers in the capital Ankara on Tuesday as part of a FETO/PDY (Fetullah Terror Organizaiton/ Parallel State Structure) probe into the General Commandership of Gendarmerie. Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued the arrest warrants, which...

The Turkish parliament has ratified Tuesday a bill which paves the way for electoral alliances among political parties. After a 20 hours of deliberation, lawmakers approved the 26-article bill that sets up the framework for forging electoral alliances in the country. The bill,...

ISTANBUL (AFP)- Thirteen people including children were killed and 20 others injured Tuesday when a Turkish passenger bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck in northern Anatolia, state media reported. The bus, which was travelling from Istanbul to the northern city of Tokat,...

DOHA (AFP)- State-owned Qatar Petroleum announced Tuesday it has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi to operate the shared Al-Bunduq offshore oil field, despite a bitter diplomatic rift. "We are delighted to sign this concession agreement, which will ensure the continued development and...

An explosion occurred on a Gaza road shortly after a convoy carrying Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah passed by on Tuesday, a border official said, but live television showed he was unhurt and attending a scheduled event. The cause of the blast was not immediately known....

(AFP)- The White House Monday condemned the chemical attack on a former Russian spy in Britain as "an outrage," breaking a week-long silence. "The use of a highly lethal nerve agent against U.K. citizens on U.K. soil is an outrage," press secretary Sarah Sanders said. "The attack was...

BERLIN (Reuters)- German security agencies are on alert for signs of violence against Turkish facilities in Berlin, Stuttgart and other cities, the Interior Ministry said, after fires damaged several Turkish-run mosques over the weekend. Firefighters battled for over 90 minutes to...

OTTOWA, Canada (AFP)- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday accused China of flooding global markets with cheap steel, adding that Canada has already taken steps to prevent "dumping" in this country. "We are very concerned about the actions taken by China and the dumping of steel and...

Russia will begin implementing the contract on the delivery of S-400 air defense systems with Turkey in early 2020, the presidential aide on military cooperation told a local television on Monday. "Turkey expressed a wish to accelerate its implementation and we managed to find the most...

KATHMANDU (AFP)- A Bangladeshi plane with 67 passengers on board crashed near Kathmandu airport Monday as it was coming in to land, officials said, as firefighters battled to extinguish the burning wreckage and rescue passengers. Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from the...

 Israeli forces have detained 16 Palestinians in overnight raids across the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military. The individuals were arrested for "suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities," the army said in a Monday statement without giving...

 Iran revealed Sunday that it had sentenced an unidentified Iranian-British dual citizen to six years in jail for spying for Britain, in a case that appears not to have previously been disclosed. No details of the case were given, including when the person was arrested or where....

Members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition accused the embattled premier Sunday of perpetuating a "fake crisis" over a political dispute to potentially force early elections. The dispute comes as Netanyahu faces a possible indictment on bribery charges in the...

MOSCOW: Russia's Vladimir Putin in 2014 ordered a passenger aircraft which was reported to be carrying a bomb and targeting the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi to be downed, the president said in a film shown Sunday. In a 2-hour documentary titled "Putin" and available on...

(AP)- Trump administration officials said Sunday there will be no more conditions imposed on North Korea before a first-ever meeting of the two nation's leaders beyond the North's promise not to resume nuclear testing and missile flights or publicly criticize U.S.-South Korean military...

ISTANBUL (Reuters)- All eight passengers were killed Sunday when a private plane belonging to Turkish firm Basaran Holding crashed in Iran, the head of the Turkish Red Crescent said on Twitter. At least one of the passengers was a member of businessman Huseyin Basaran's family, Kerem...

 SALISBURY, England (Reuters)- Hundreds of people who visited the Zizzi restaurant or the Mill pub in the English city of Salisbury were told Sunday to wash their clothes after traces of nerve agent used to attack a former Russian spy last week were found at both sites. Public Health...

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin's paternal grandfather worked as a cook for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the president said in a film posted on the internet Sunday. In the two-hour documentary, called Putin, the president said Spiridon Putin was a valued member of Stalin's staff. The...