In the Egyptian village of Abu Shosha, far south of Cairo, residents hit hard by economic hardships are planning to vote for President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in elections starting Monday. "We only began to feel safe after Sisi" became president and boosted security, Tarek Mohamed Hafez, a...

Britain called on Israel to improve the treatment of Palestinian children in military detention Friday and said Israel should do more to safeguard vulnerable people in its care. The Foreign Office issued a statement in the wake of the sentencing of Palestinian teenage girl Ahed Tamimi,...

At least four Iraqi soldiers were killed Friday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province, according to a local police source. “An army patrol vehicle struck a roadside bomb this morning as it passed through Diyala’s Nada Basin area, killing four...

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Friday announced the lifting of a flight ban to northern Iraq's Erbil city. Speaking to media in capital Ankara, Yildirim said: "We had closed down our airspace following northern Iraq's referendum. We are opening our airspace as of today." An...