Turkey is in talks with the United States and Britain to exclude Turkish Airlines and Istanbul's main Ataturk airport from a ban on passengers carrying electronics larger than cell phones, Turkey's foreign ministry spokesman said Thursday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said...

An estimated 400,000 Iraqis are trapped in the ISIS-controlled Old City of west Mosul amid food shortages and growing panic under shelling, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said Thursday. Many civilians fear fleeing because of ISIS snipers, but some 157,000 have reached a transit...

 George S. walks on the dark tarmac holding his sleepy 7-year-old son Fadi in his arms. "From the bottom of our hearts, welcome to San Luis!" a smiling crowd yells at the airport in this Argentine city to welcome them and 10 other Syrians. While U.S. President Donald Trump...

This week's attack just outside the U.K. parliament has highlighted the importance of protecting national borders and stepping up security measures, French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Thursday. National Front leader Le Pen told BFM TV and RMC radio that countries had...

Syrian rivals were to resume U.N.-brokered peace talks in Geneva Thursday, with escalating violence and deadlock on key issues dimming hopes of a breakthrough. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura tried to strike an optimistic note when the previous round ended last month. He insisted...

Militants are increasingly turning to vehicle-ramming attacks, like the one staged near Britain's parliament on Wednesday, because they are cheap, easy to organise and hard to prevent. Experts say the tactic of mowing people down avoids the need to obtain any explosives or weapons and can be...

Donald Trump's communications may have been swept up in intelligence gathering on suspected foreign agents, according to explosive allegations made by the Republican head of the House intelligence committee. Devin Nunes -- who worked on Trump's transition team and is now leading an...

(The Telegraph)- Isil supporters have cheered the attack on Westminster, suggesting it was “revenge” for the UK’s airstrikes on the terror group in Syria and Iraq. Followers on pro-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant channels on the social media service Telegram posted messages applauding...

A ban on most carry-on electronics on flights to the United States will not significantly affect passenger numbers at Dubai International, where flights depart to 12 U.S. cities daily, the airport's chief executive said on Thursday. The U.S. announced on Tuesday new restrictions on flights...

Ankara's action against Russian wheat, maize and sunflower oil suppliers is hindering restoration of ties between the two countries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek by phone on Wednesday. Turkish buyers have put purchases of...

Donald Trump's administration is asking a U.S. court to quickly hear its appeal of a ruling that blocked the president's revised travel ban. Lawyers for the president filed a brief with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia on Wednesday. In it, they argue that the matter is one...

An Egyptian court Wednesday slapped six former police officers with prison terms after finding them guilty of having tortured a citizen to death in 2012, according to a local judicial source.  "Western Cairo’s Giza criminal court sentenced one former police officer to five years in...

Three French schoolchildren were hurt in the attack near London's parliament on Wednesday, French officials said. The three were students aged around 15 or 16 of the Concarneau Lycee in Brittany, western France, according to a report in Le Telegramme regional newspaper. Prime Minister...

An Italian train derailed in the central Swiss city of Lucerne on Wednesday and one carriage tipped over, authorities said. At least three people were injured. The train from Milan, Italy, to Basel derailed shortly before 2 p.m. as it was pulling out of Lucerne's main train station, Swiss...

Aid convoys linked to paramilitary groups have begun making regular deliveries to Mosul districts recaptured from ISIS, bringing much-needed relief but also fears that their Shiite backers are encroaching into the mostly Sunni city. The columns of trucks and cars carrying food, water and...

Austria's interior minister is doubling the payment for some migrants who voluntarily return to their home countries to 1,000 euros ($1,080.) Wolfgang Sobotka says the added financial incentive is part of plans to repatriate 50,000 migrants who do not qualify for at least temporary residence...

The president of Emirates, the Middle East's biggest airline, defended security measures at its Dubai hub Wednesday and said that the ban on electronics other than mobile phones in the cabins of U.S.-bound flights came as a surprise. Tim Clark told The Associated Press that he only learned...

Forces commanded by a Libyan military strongman fighting to oust extremists from second city Benghazi may have committed war crimes, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. The self-styled Libyan National Army, commanded by strongman Khalifa Haftar, controls much of eastern Libya and is battling...

ISIS militants shelled areas recaptured by Iraqi forces in western Mosul, hitting civilians fleeing the fighting early Wednesday as troops edged their way through the narrow, dangerous streets of the Old City. Heavy mortar fire killed at least five civilians and wounded more than 20 in Mosul...

Midfielder Marco Verratti could be set for a summer move to a "top European club" after his agent rated his chances of remaining with Paris Saint Germain next season as "very complicated". "It's a very complicated situation, in spite of his contract with the club until 2021," Verratti's...