A Turkish court has ruled that the former leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition remain in prison, his lawyer said on Twitter Friday, after top EU officials last week called for the politician's swift release. Ten days ago the European Court of Human Rights urged Turkey to swiftly...

Iran said Friday the European Union must be given more time to set up a trade mechanism meant to circumvent reimposed U.S. sanctions on Tehran, but warned it could not "wait forever". Brussels is working on a payment system to continue trade and business ties with Iran after the U.S....

A leader of Palestine’s Fatah movement on Friday called on UN member states to reject a U.S.-sponsored draft resolution condemning rival Palestinian faction Hamas. In a statement, Fatah Central Committee member Hussein al-Sheikh slammed the draft, which the U.S. has already reportedly...

On many days, Hamza Abu Shalhoub is the only person sitting inside the derelict VIP lounge of what used to be Gaza International Airport. Hemmed in by Egyptian border posts to the south and Israeli watchtowers to the east, he makes a living by trying to trap and sell songbirds, using other...