Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained 12 suspected Daesh (ISIS) militants, including two women who are wanted in France. Anadolu Agency reported Wednesday that the suspects were detained during police raids in the northwestern province of Bursa earlier this week. The...

The Iraqi Defense Ministry has appointed a new security chief for the northern Kirkuk province, a ministry official said Tuesday.  Speaking to Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity, the official said that Haidar al-Obeidi, a brigadier-general in Iraq’s elite anti-terrorism...

Israel has officially withdrawn from UN heritage agency UNESCO.   In October 2017, Israel said it will quit the UN agency, citing what it described as UNESCO’s “bias” toward the Palestinians.   The withdrawal decision went into effect on Tuesday.  ...

Israel's centre-left opposition dramatically split on Tuesday ahead of an April 9 election, with leader Avi Gabbay announcing he would no longer partner with veteran politician Tzipi Livni as she sat stone-faced next to him. The announcement means the end of their Zionist Union...