Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim Wednesday said he hoped Rex Tillerson’s exit as secretary of state would improve relations between the U.S. and Turkey. Speaking to the media in Ankara before leaving for Baku, Azerbaijan Binali Yildirim said: “Whoever comes in, Turkey’s...

Russia is behind recent tensions between the U.S. and Turkey, with Moscow’s role in Syria impacting relations between the two NATO allies, a high-ranking general said Tuesday. Speaking during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Gen. Joseph Votel said Russian support of...

Over 5 million people in Sudan need humanitarian assistance and nearly 2.5 million children there get sick every year due to acute malnutrition, a UN agency said Tuesday. The number of people in need in Sudan rose by 700,000 compared to last year to 5.5 million. Natural disasters such...

TEHRAN (AFP)- Iran Tuesday jailed Hamid Baghai, a vice president under former hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following his conviction for corruption, media reports said. "Police officers apprehended and transferred the convict to prison," the Tehran prosecutor's office said, cited by...