Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday rebuked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for using the expression "Islamist terrorism", saying the phrase was not correct and saddened Muslims. Speaking after a critical bilateral meeting with Erdogan, Merkel spoke of the need for Turkey and...

The U.N. envoy for Iraq says military operations to liberate Iraq from ISIS will be coming to an end "in the rather short foreseeable future." Jan Kubis told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that "the days of the so-called ISIL are counted," using one of the acronymns for the militant...

Midfielder Nemanja Matic said there is a lot at stake for Chelsea when Arsenal visit Stamford Bridge Saturday as they are eager make amends for their embarrassing 3-0 loss to their London rivals in September. The loss to Arsenal, however, forced manager Antonio Conte to switch to a 3-4-3...

More than 1,400 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean within 24 hours, Italy's coast guard said Thursday, as EU leaders prepared for a summit on stemming the flow of boats from North Africa to Europe. The coast guard said more than 1,300 people had been rescued Wednesday from 13...

An Afghan woman whose husband cut off her ears said Thursday she was seeking donations for treatment abroad, as activists condemned the latest gruesome incident to highlight the abuse of women in the conservative country. Zarina, 23, was still hospitalised in the northern city of...

A top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday Iran will not yield to U.S. threats over a ballistic missile test. Iran said Wednesday it had tested a new ballistic missile but said it did not breach a nuclear deal reached with six major powers in 2015 or a U.N. Security...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed Thursday to hold a referendum on NATO membership amid renewed tensions with Russia. "As the president, I act in accordance with the views of my people, and I will hold a referendum on the question of NATO membership," Poroshenko said in an interview...

Russian plane maker Sukhoi has repaired defects in 20 Superjet 100 aircraft that were grounded in December by airlines including Russia's Aeroflot and Mexico's Interjet, the company said Thursday. Checks by Russia's aviation authority were instigated in late December after a defect was...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he would sound out ally South Korea on efforts to address North Korea's nuclear and missile programs as he arrived in Seoul Thursday, including plans to deploy a U.S. missile defense system there. Mattis' visit comes amid concern that the North may be...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey Thursday for the first time since the failed July coup, seeking to keep a key partnership alive after a series of crises. Merkel is expected to meet both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim during the hugely...

On his first trip to the European Union since the U.S. presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday is heading to Hungary, the nation whose leader has cozied up to Moscow despite Russia-West tensions. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a populist dubbed "little Putin"...

EU leaders meeting in Malta Friday will face the challenge of how to work with a chaotic Libya and reluctant sub-Saharan African countries to prevent a feared upsurge of migrant smuggling to Europe. Here is how the central Mediterranean smuggling route that runs mainly from Libya to Italy...

(New York Times)- “The age of the war correspondent as hero,” Phillip Knightley famously wrote in his book “The First Casualty,” “appears to be over.” According to Knightley, Vietnam was the high-water mark for the self-mythologizing and self-aggrandizing descendants of the war correspondent...

(Daily Mail)- New Yorkers showed their solidarity with Muslim women today by donning stars and stripes headscarves at rally on World Hijab Day - just days after President Trump's controversial travel ban. Dozens of women gathered on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday on the fifth year of...

Wonder goals from Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi left Barcelona with a 2-1 Copa del Rey semifinal, first leg advantage over Atletico Madrid to take back to the Camp Nou next week. Suarez’s solo effort and a thunderous strike from Messi gave Barca a deserved commanding lead at half-time....

Civilians were "likely" killed in a US commando raid in Yemen over the weekend and children may have been among the dead, the US military's Central Command said. The January 29 raid against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has garnered wide attention because a Navy SEAL was also killed and...

The United States has warned Palestinian leaders there will be harsh consequences for suing Israel in international courts, including steps against the Palestinian Authority, according to Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Wednesday. Palestinian side were told that suing Israel in international...

Five alleged leaked phone conversations between Egypt’s president and foreign minister appear to shed fresh light on Egypt’s rocky relations with Saudi Arabia. One of the alleged leaked conversations between President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and FM Sameh Shoukry -- broadcast Tuesday by the Muslim...

In the midst of a furious Middle East war nearly 70 years ago, a group of Israeli and Egyptian officers put down their guns, ate lunch together and discussed the prospects for peace in the region, according to a documentary film that premiered in New York last month. The group included two...

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday urged Russia to use its influence with pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine to halt what he called the worst upsurge in fighting in a long time. "We call on Russia to use its considerable influence with the rebels to bring the violence to an end,"...