U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday about the importance of strong bilateral relations, the White House said, amid tensions over Turkey's military actions in parts of Kurdish-controlled northern Syria. "The two leaders committed to...

A famous Turkish singer and actress has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a performance in 2016, the Hurriyet newspaper said Thursday. Singer Zuhal Olcay was accused of changing the lyrics of one of her songs by substituting...

Gaza’s Hamas-run Interior Ministry announced Thursday that its security forces had surrounded a group of men suspected of involvement in a recent assassination attempt on Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah. In a brief statement, ministry spokesman Iyad al-Buzm said security...

Israeli police at dawn Thursday entered a Palestinian hospital in East Jerusalem where they detained an injured 14-year-old Palestinian child, according to an Israeli police statement. “During the night, a 14-year-old boy attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail in East Jerusalem,” the...