Iranian authorities detained a former vice-president on Monday on undeclared charges, local news agencies reported, months after another deputy to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sentenced in a graft scandal. "Former vice-president Hamid Baghaei had a charge sheet issued against him by the judiciary...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's hopes of assuming greater powers suffered a serious blow on Sunday when the ruling AK Party failed to win an outright majority in a parliamentary election, preliminary results showed. With 97 percent of ballots counted, the AKP had taken...
A military base was targeted by mortar fire in southeast Turkey on Saturday, the general staff said in a statement Sunday. There were no casualties. The statement said terrorists attacked the Daglica base close to the Iraqi border in Hakkari province at around 12.35 p.m. local time (1035GMT)...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cast his vote as high-profile figures join millions of Turkish citizens going to the polls in the country’s 25th general election. Speaking to the press in Istanbul after voting, Erdogan said that the turnout of Sunday's election appeared...
