(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced a prominent activist to five years in jail on Monday for violating limits on demonstrations, part of one of the toughest crackdowns on dissent in Egypt's history. After the verdict was read out, chants of "Down, down with military rule!" rang...

(Reuters) -  Turkey  will make its planned new long-range missiles compatible with the NATO's systems, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday, in comments apparently at odds with those of the country's defence minister. NATO...

Government forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine have agreed on a plan to withdraw heavy weapons, according to Ukrainian military sources. "An agreement has been reached with the self-proclaimed states of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic regarding the...

A special ceremony was held to honor the remains of Suleyman Shah and his two guards in southeastern Turkey’s Sanliurfa province Monday as construction of his new tomb gathered pace at Syria’s Ashme town. Shah was the grandfather of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman...

(Reuters) - Local bankers are joining the fight against a congressional proposal to audit the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decisions, with more expected to lobby against the bill if it gains traction in Washington. The audit the Fed bill, championed by Rand Paul of Kentucky, a...

The Tomb of Suleyman Shah and Saygi Outpost will continue to wave the Turkish flag and cherish the memory of Turkish ancestry in their new location, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement on Sunday. "Tomb of Suleyman Shah and...

(Reuters) - The dark comedy "Birdman" held up a mirror to Hollywood and its struggling actors and received in return the film industry's highest recognition on Sunday, the Academy Award for best picture. Director Alejandro G. Inarritu's story of a washed-up, former superhero...

The U.S. Secretary of State said Saturday that the U.S. has no intention to extend the deadline of the nuclear talks, which is currently set for March 31 2015, and is ready to pull out of the negotiations table. John Kerry told a press conference on Saturday at...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday defended his country's recent airstrikes against the targets of a militant group in neighboring Libya and lauded financial support from oil-rich Gulf countries. "Our army does not commit aggressions against anybody," al-Sisi said...

(AFP)- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group released a new video on Sunday purporting to show captured Kurdish Peshmerga fighters paraded through Iraqi streets in cages. The video shows 21 captives presented as 16 Peshmerga fighters, two Iraqi army officers and...

(Reuters) - Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind Sunday's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement. The attack on the ambassador's...

Turkish forces and tanks have entered Syria on Saturday night to remove the tomb of Suleyman Shah, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and armed forces confirm. The operation has been completed successfully and the special forces unit that protects the exclave has...

Turkish military operation in Syria removes tomb of Suleyman Shah, Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu says.

Egypt's prosecution on Saturday referred 240 people to military courts after accusing them of joining the Muslim Brotherhood, burning down a church and a police station in the central province of Minya, a judicial source has said. The source, who requested anonymity, told The...

(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has dispatched his brother and atomic chief to Geneva to try to overcome hurdles in high-profile nuclear talks with the United States and five other major powers, official Iranian media reported on Saturday. U.S. Secretary of...

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday expressed concern about the viability of the Palestinian Authority if it does not soon receive tax revenue which has been withheld by  Israel . The funds have been held back from the Authority since last month in...

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into allegations of an assassination attempt on the Turkish president's daughter. Various Turkish media outlets, including Star and Aksam newspapers, reported Friday that an assassination...

Yemen's Shiite Houthi group on Saturday freed some relatives of resigned President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi it had detained in the central province of Ibb earlier in the day, a local official has said. The official told The Anadolu Agency that Houthis had freed the members of the family...

More than 400  Turkmens  are in the hands of the Islamic State of  Iraq  and the Levant, or ISIL, says a report issued Thursday. The Iraqi Turkmen Rescue foundation, based in Baghdad, submitted the report to the Iraqi parliament’s human rights committee...

Yemen's former president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi escaped weeks of house arrest by the Houthi militia at his official residence on Saturday and fled to his home town of Aden, sources close to him said. He will make a speech later on Saturday on an Aden television station, the sources...