Israel's interior minister and vice-premier, Silvan Shalom, said Sunday he was quitting his posts and leaving politics over media reports of sexual harassment and indecent assault. "Under these circumstances I have decided to resign from my position as minister and member of...

Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannons in Istanbul on Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters calling for an end to curfews in the southeast, where the military has ramped up operations against Kurdish militants. Some of the protesters threw firebombs at security forces, who...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with Khaled Meshaal, leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, on Saturday in Istanbul, Turkish presidential sources said, a day after Israel and Turkey said they were close to patching up five-year political rift. A source from Erdogan's...

Iran will export around nine tonnes of enriched uranium to Russia in the coming days, Tehran's nuclear chief was quoted as saying on Saturday, as the country implements curbs to its nuclear program to secure sanctions relief. "In the next few days around nine tonnes of Iran's enriched uranium...