(AFP)- A Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a border crossing in the northern West Bank on Monday and was shot dead by the army, Israeli police said. A second Palestinian, allegedly an accomplice, was arrested, according to police.

A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula broke up in mid-air, an official of a Moscow-based aviation agency said on Sunday after visiting the disaster site, but stressed it was too early to draw conclusions from this. Russian authorities also ordered...

 The Justice and Development (AK) Party clinched victory after securing over 50 percent of votes in Turkey’s 26th general election Sunday, according to preliminary results based on 81.37 percent of counted votes. Electoral committees across the country’s 81 provinces, divided into...

Leaders of top political parties in Turkey have cast their votes in the country's 26th general election. Turkish Prime Minister and Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Ahmet Davutoglu voted in his hometown in central Anatolian Konya province Sunday.   “We go to polls to do...