An Istanbul prosecutor responsible for investigating last month’s fatal explosion at an Istanbul airport has denied earlier reports about the blast being caused by mortar rounds. Chief prosecutor Fahmi Tosun said in a statement Thursday that his office did not make any such claims about the...

The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Lebanese financier Ali Youssef Charara and his telecommunications company, saying they supported the militant group Hezbollah. The U.S. action freezes assets of Charara and his company that are in the United States or in the...

China has sent an envoy to Saudi Arabia and Iran amid an escalating feud, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, calling on all sides to exercise restraint. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming was currently in Saudi Arabia and would travel on to Iran, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying...

At least 178 Palestinians were killed and 16,200 others were injured by Israeli forces in 2015, according to official figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The ministry also said that a total of 143 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli soldiers and police in occupied East...