The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on eight people who have been linked to the Taliban. In announcing the sanctions, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin specifically called out Iran, saying that Tehran was actively trying to destabilize the Afghan government by supporting the Taliban....

Foreign ministers of the G7 countries and the EU condemned on Tuesday “in the strongest possible terms the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has confirmed took place in its consulate in Istanbul". “The confirmation of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi’s death is...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conveyed on Tuesday his condolences to the family of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi over phone, presidential sources said. Erdogan held phone conversation with Khashoggi's son Abdullah Khashoggi and other family members, and said he is “deeply...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence vowed Tuesday that Washington would take action in response to the "brutal murder" of columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Pence called Khashoggi's disappearance and death "an assault on a free and independent press" while addressing a conference hosted by the...

The United Nations Human Rights Committee (OHCHR) said Tuesday a face veil ban in France violated human rights and religious freedoms. The committee received two complaints in 2016 after two French women were prosecuted and convicted in 2012 for wearing the face veils. OHCHR...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that there were strong signs that the killing of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned and that he had been killed in a "savage way." Erdogan, who was speaking to members of his AK Party in parliament, called for the...

CIA Director Gina Haspel is en route to Turkey to discuss the case of missing Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to multiple reports Monday. The move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump hinted earlier in the day that America has its top intelligence officials in...

A magnitude-6 temblor rocked eastern Taiwan, Taiwanese authorities said Tuesday. Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau’s Seismology Center said that the quake struck at some 31.3 kilometers below the earth's surface in the county of Hualien. There were no immediate reports of...

The death toll from a landslide in Malaysia's Penang province has risen to nine, local media said Monday. The landslide occurred on a construction site burying several workers under debris. Rescue workers have so far recovered five Bangladeshis, 3 Indonesians and one Myanmar...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there is "no reason" for a one-month delay into Saudi Arabia's investigation into the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump added he is "not satisfied" with Saudi Arabia's explanation for Khashoggi just days after calling it...

Iran's judiciary chief on Monday slammed Saudi Arabia over the "heinous murder" of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and blasted Western countries for "double standards". After more than two weeks of denials, Saudi Arabia admitted over the weekend that Khashoggi was murdered in its Istanbul...

White House advisor Jared Kushner said Monday he had counseled Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be "fully transparent" with a probe into the murder of a journalist that has rattled the kingdom's ties with the West. Kushner told CNN the administration of US President Donald...

Turkey's pro-government media published new claims Monday linking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to reveal the "naked truth" about the case. Erdogan said at the weekend he would give new...

The Kremlin Monday said the world would be less safe if Washington goes ahead with plans to withdraw from a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty that banned intermediate-range missiles. "Such steps, if taken, will make the world more dangerous," said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov...

A Peruvian court postponed Sunday a ruling on a prosecutor's demand to put opposition leader Keiko Fujimori in preventive detention for 36 months, which she called a conspiracy to "bury" her presidential hopes. Anti-corruption prosecutor Jose Domingo Perez had asked the court to hold Fujimori...

A number of employees of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul have been testifying as part of an ongoing probe into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a judicial source said on Monday. Prosecutors are currently taking statements of five employees at the Istanbul Caglayan Courthouse,...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada could cancel a multi-billion dollar defense contract with Saudi Arabia following the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in an interview broadcast Sunday. Trudeau, speaking on French-language talk show "Tout Le Monde En Parle" -- recorded...

Germany will not export arms to Saudi Arabia while the current uncertainty over the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi persists, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday. Campaigning for her party in a regional election, Merkel repeated to a news conference her earlier condemnation of...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said he will make a statement on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi Tuesday. "On this issue [Khashoggi’s killing], I will make statements hopefully on Tuesday during the [ruling Justice and Development Party’s weekly] group...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Sunday the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul was a “huge and grave mistake” and promised his family that those responsible will be punished. “This is a terrible mistake. This is a terrible tragedy....