Iraqi President Fuad Masum on Tuesday said his country was looking forward to improved ties with Russia “in the interests of both countries”. In a congratulatory message to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the latter’s reelection, Masum said Iraq was keen to...

Israel plans to revoke the permanent residency of 12 Palestinians in East Jerusalem for alleged involvement in “terrorist” activity, according to the country’s interior minister. In a statement on Tuesday, Arye Dery said he was considering the move after the Knesset (Israel’s...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Turkey abused the rights of two journalists detained in a massive post-coup crackdown in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands accused of muzzling the press. The journalists, Mehmet Altan and Sahin Alpay, were arrested in 2016...

The United Nations called on Turkey on Tuesday to end the state of emergency in place since July 2016 that it said had led to widespread human rights violations including the arrest of 160,000 people and dismissal of nearly the same number of civil servants, often arbitrarily. President...