A hot air balloon crashed near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, killing a South African tourist on board and injuring several others on Friday, officials said. State media blamed the crash on poor weather conditions without elaborating. High winds and sandstorms hit regions across...

The European Union's position on death penalty is universal and the bloc works actively to suppress it everywhere in all circumstances, EU spokesman said Thursday. Carlos Martin Ruiz de Gordejuela's remarks came in response to a question posed by Anadolu Agency's Brussels correspondent...

An Egyptian prosecutor has ordered the detention of 75 people following an investigation into suspected human trafficking, state media reported Thursday. A 14-month investigation by the Administrative Control Authority, the country's anti-corruption body, found that the group was made...

Russia considers a U.S. proposal for an extraordinary meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the turmoil in Iran "harmful and destructive", RIA news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying Thursday. "We see no role for the United Nations Security Council...