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...

The Iraqi army and pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi militia have reinforced their forces around the Turkmen-majority Tuz Khurmato city in northern Iraq, according to a military officer on Wednesday. The move came a day after six people were killed and 15 others injured at a fake...