Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities on Sunday after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq. Police fired water cannon and tear gas to...

Indonesians across the world's most populous Muslim nation are preparing to welcome Eid al-Adha on Monday by flocking to markets to procure cattle, or by packing their bags and making the often long and arduous journey home. On Sunday, thousands of people were crowding train stations, bus...

Iran, a close ally and military backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, welcomed a U.S.-Russian deal for a truce in Syria, saying on Sunday the conflict should be ended through politics. The agreement, by the powers that back opposing sides in the five-year-old war, promises a nationwide...

At least 21 civilians were killed in two separate air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in northern Yemen on Saturday, residents said on Sunday, as fighting intensified in the country before the Muslim Eid al-Adha feast. They said at least 15 civilians were killed when war planes targeted...

Security forces on Saturday safely detonated a massive homemade explosive in Diyarbakır province at the family cemetery of Mehdi Eker, the Justice and Development (AK) Party deputy chairman, the governorate said. The Tepe District Gendarmerie Command station in the southeastern province...

North Korea said on Sunday that the United States' push for sanctions following its fifth nuclear test was "laughable" and the country would continue to strengthen its nuclear power. "The group of Obama's running around and talking about meaningless sanctions until today is highly...

A Palestinian girl was killed Saturday when a Jewish settler ran her over with his vehicle in the southern occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. “A Palestinian was killed after she was run over by a Jewish settler's car near al-Khader village located near...

Germany's Angelique Kerber on Saturday put the crowning touch of her newly-acquired world's No. 1 ranking by winning her first U.S. Open tennis championship. Kerber, 28, beat Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in a thrilling match in her third Grand Slam final this year,...

A civilian died Saturday in a vehicle explosion caused by PKK terrorists in southeastern Turkey's Tunceli province, the governor's office has confirmed. Three people were in a car when it exploded in the Hozat district, the Tunceli governor's office said in a written statement. One of...

At least 24 people died in a factory boiler blast and fire in Tongi, a township to the north of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, on Saturday, police said. Deputy Insp. Malek Khasru Khan said 74 were injured in the 6.15 a.m. local time (0015GMT) explosion at the Tampaco Foils packaging plant in an...

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced Saturday that France had apprehended 293 people suspected of having links to terrorist organizations since the beginning of the year. Speaking during a national security conference, Cazeneuve said the state was doing its best to rid the...

The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal early on Saturday to put Syria's peace process back on track, though the war-torn country's rebels said they doubted it would hold and violence raged on in Aleppo. The agreement reached by the powers backing opposing sides in the...

Washington is finally waking up to the threat of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) in Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Friday, fresh back from a trip to the United States. Speaking on CNN Turk, Kurtulmus reiterated Ankara expects Washington to extradite the...

Turkey’s defense minister said Saturday he hoped Syrian refugees would be able to return home safely after Daesh is cleared from an area along the border between the two countries. Fikri Isik said once Operation Euphrates Shield had removed terrorists from the frontier area, refugees would...

(Zaman al-Wasl) Nabil al-Halabi, the director of the Lebanese Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (LIFE), revealed that the al-Assad regime’s ambassador to Beirut Ali Abed al-Karim has started two months ago the immigration process for him and his family to the Hungarian capital of...

Yao Ming, who inspired a generation of NBA fans in his native China, wistfully acknowledged a career that "ended too soon" as he was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. "I treasure each and every moment. I'm grateful for my time on court and for your recognition...

Turkish warplanes have hit nine PKK terrorist targets in southeast Turkey, the military said Saturday. The late Friday strikes in Semdinli, Hakkari province, which borders Iraq and Iran, destroyed all nine objectives, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement. The PKK -- listed as a...

A double car bombing at a shopping mall in Baghdad left 16 people dead late Friday, a security source said. Dozens were injured when the bombs exploded at the Nakheel Mall opposite the oil ministry in eastern Baghdad at around midnight local time (2100GMT), the source said on condition of...

Although Spain has been without a functioning government for more than eight months, that hasn’t stopped the acting government from making controversial decisions. Mere minutes after acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s failed investiture vote last Friday came the contentious announcement:...

Samsung lost more than $10 billion in market value Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned owners of the company’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone they should not use them on airplanes. “In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7...