A strong blast rocked Turkey's largest Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir Tuesday near the riot police headquarters, just days before a key referendum on boosting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers. The blast could be heard in several areas of the southeastern city, an AFP journalist...

( The New Arab )- A rocket fired from the Sinai peninsula landed in southern Israel on Monday, with tensions high in the area following two deadly church bombings in Egypt. The rocket landed in the Eskhol regional council, causing no injuries or damage, Israel's army said. No group has...

Israel took the unusual step Monday of barring its citizens from crossing into Egypt's Sinai peninsula, saying the threat of attacks in the area inspired by ISIS and other extremist groups was high. Minutes after the ban was announced, the Israeli military said a rocket was launched from the...

IranAir may get its first new Boeing jetliner a year earlier than expected under a deal to take jets originally bought by cash-strapped Turkish Airlines, Iranian media and industry sources said. Iran had been expected to receive the first of 80 aircraft ordered from the U.S. planemaker in...