Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party elected new leaders Sunday, at a congress that party officials said authorities had tried to stop by arresting hundreds of would-be attendees. The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) met to replace Selahattin Demirtas, its leader since June 2014 and the...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived in Egypt at the start of a regional tour that coincides with heightened regional tension and unease over the Trump administration's Mideast policies. His arrival Sunday came one day after Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes in Syria...

Anime fans in war-torn Iraq have flocked to the country's annual festival celebrating Japanese animation and comic book culture. Thousands of Iraqis turned up on Friday for the Otaku Matsuri convention in the capital Baghdad dressed up as their favourite anime characters, local media...

Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin on Saturday called for an end to racism, xenophobia and discrimination. In a column in local Daily Sabah titled: “Erdogan's Vatican visit promises hope for global peace” Kalin praised Pope Francis' message of inclusiveness and openness....