Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said his country remains committed to support Sudan. Speaking at Khartoum University in Sudanese capital after being awarded an honorary doctorate, Erdogan said Turkey would continue to be with the Sudanese people through its institutions and...

Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a Sweden-based Iranian academic convicted of spying for Israel, the Tehran prosecutor was quoted as saying on Monday, confirming reports by Amnesty International and his family. Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at...

The Palestinian foreign ministry on Monday slammed as "shameful" Guatemala's decision to transfer its embassy to Jerusalem after the United States recognised the city as the capital of Israel. "It's a shameful and illegal act that goes totally against the wishes of church leaders in...

A car rammed into the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) headquarters in the early hours of Monday, police in Berlin said. A police statement said a 58-year-old man was the main suspect in the incident, which occurred at 3:20 am local time (0220GMT) on Monday. The man, who was...

A bus plowed into a Moscow subway entrance, leaving at least five people dead and 15 injured, security officials told Anadolu Agency. Russian officials declared the incident that occurred at the entrance of the Slavyansky Bulvar subway station in western Moscow to be not terror-related,...

A police officer and a criminal suspect were killed in a gunfight -- while the body of a missing judge was found -- near the city of Qatif in Saudi Arabia’s restive Eastern Province, the Saudi Interior Ministry said Monday. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted ministry spokesman...

Israeli forces have detained 30 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank late Sunday, according to the Israeli military. In a Monday statement, the army said the individuals had been detained for questioning over alleged involvement in what it described...

A suicide blast close to the compound of Afghanistan's top spy agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), in the capital Kabul on Monday killed at least six people, officials confirmed. Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told Anadolu Agency that six...

An Israeli court has declined a lawyer’s request for the release on bail of Ahed al-Tamimi, a 16-year-old Palestinian girl detained last week by the Israeli authorities. On Sunday, Israel’s Ofer Court, located near the West Bank city of Ramallah, turned down a request by Ahed's lawyer...

Inside the newly renovated Church of Saint George in the Northern Iraqi town of Teleskof, Hayat Chamoun Daoud led children dressed as Santa Claus singing “Jingle Bells” in Aramaic. Like every other resident of Teleskof, this was Daoud’s first Christmas back home in three years, since...

Tunisia on Sunday suspended Emirates Airlines flights after a public outcry over security measures in the United Arab Emirates targeting women from the North African country. The transport ministry said it had "decided to suspend" Emirates flights to Tunis "until the airline is able to...

It was a subdued Christmas Eve in the historic birthplace of Jesus on Sunday, with spirits dampened by recent violence sparked by President Donald Trump's recognition of nearby Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Crowds were thinner than previous years, with visitors deterred by clashes that...

Iraq has invited companies to submit statements of interest in building a new pipeline from the northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. The state-run Oil Projects Company said Sunday the 350-kilometer pipeline will carry up to one million barrels a day. It says...

Up to 10,000 people stranded in refugee camps and detention centers in Libya could be relocated to Europe in 2018, the Italian government said Sunday. The initiative would be part of an attempt by EU countries to address the deteriorating conditions in Libya, where thousands of people...

A federal judge has ruled that the Pentagon must allow an American Daesh fighter captured in Iraq access to a lawyer, following a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington ruled Saturday the ACLU must be...

France's government is deploying nearly 100,000 police and soldiers for the holiday season as fears of extremist attacks remain high. The additional security will focus on Christmas markets, shopping centers, religious buildings, public transport and tourist sites. Citing "the...

The name of the street where the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy is located in the Turkish capital, Ankara will be changed, the capital's municipality announced Saturday. The street will be renamed as Fahreddin Pasha Street -- after the Ottoman governor of Medina from 1916-1919,...

Three Turkish citizens, who were arrested at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday, have been released on bail by an Israeli court on Saturday evening. Two of the Turkish citizens-- Abdullah Kizilirmak and Mehmet Kargili -- are accused of "battering Israeli police and resistance". The third...

A Palestinian man has succumbed to his wounds sustained in clashes with Israeli forces along the border between Gaza Strip and Israel last week, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry on Saturday. Sherif al-Abd Shalash, 28, was injured last Sunday during rallies denouncing U.S....

Israeli authorities have arrested three Turkish tourists in Jerusalem over an incident that followed Muslim prayers at a flashpoint holy site, a police spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman did not elaborate on the circumstances of Friday's arrests, which came as Israel confronted...