President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday spoke over the phone to discuss bilateral and Turkey-EU relations, and regional issues, according to diplomatic sources. During the conversation, Erdogan congratulated Merkel for being re-elected to a fourth...

  With less than two weeks before elections, Egypt's president says he's prepared to personally join security forces battling Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula. The outcome of the March 26-28 election is a foregone conclusion, with general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah...

The U.S. believes that the humanitarian situation in Gaza requires immediate attention, the White House said Tuesday. "The situation in Gaza must be solved for humanitarian reasons and for ensuring the security of Egypt and Israel," it said in a written statement following a conference...

TEHRAN: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's sacking shows that Washington is set on quitting the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, Iran's deputy foreign minister said Wednesday. "The United States is determined to leave the nuclear deal, and changes at the State...

ANKARA (Reuters)- Turkish Recep President Tayyip Wednesday threatened to soon crush militants in northern Iraq, after his foreign minister last week said Ankara and Baghdad would carry out a joint offensive against Kurdish militants in Iraq. "We are checking the terror nests in northern...

MOSCOW (Reuters)- Russia will speed up initial deliveries of S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries to Turkey, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday, speaking at a press conference in Moscow together with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. Russia and Turkey...

MOSCOW: Turkey wants to a continue a relationship of understanding with incoming U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, but the CIA chief must learn that Ankara needs to be respected, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday. At a news conference in Moscow with his Russian...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim Wednesday said he hoped Rex Tillerson’s exit as secretary of state would improve relations between the U.S. and Turkey. Speaking to the media in Ankara before leaving for Baku, Azerbaijan Binali Yildirim said: “Whoever comes in, Turkey’s stance is...

Russia is behind recent tensions between the U.S. and Turkey, with Moscow’s role in Syria impacting relations between the two NATO allies, a high-ranking general said Tuesday. Speaking during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Gen. Joseph Votel said Russian support of Syria’s...

Over 5 million people in Sudan need humanitarian assistance and nearly 2.5 million children there get sick every year due to acute malnutrition, a UN agency said Tuesday. The number of people in need in Sudan rose by 700,000 compared to last year to 5.5 million. Natural disasters such...

TEHRAN (AFP)- Iran Tuesday jailed Hamid Baghai, a vice president under former hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following his conviction for corruption, media reports said. "Police officers apprehended and transferred the convict to prison," the Tehran prosecutor's office said, cited by...

CAIRO (AP)- Egyptian authorities have published a list of telephone numbers for citizens to use to bring attention to any media reports they perceive as undermining the country's security or hurting public interest. The publication of the numbers - listed in a statement issued late on...

BAGHDAD (AFP)- Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they had ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the airports of Erbil and Sulaimaniyah were "again open to international...

Arrest warrants were issued for 25 soldiers in the capital Ankara on Tuesday as part of a FETO/PDY (Fetullah Terror Organizaiton/ Parallel State Structure) probe into the General Commandership of Gendarmerie. Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued the arrest warrants, which...

The Turkish parliament has ratified Tuesday a bill which paves the way for electoral alliances among political parties. After a 20 hours of deliberation, lawmakers approved the 26-article bill that sets up the framework for forging electoral alliances in the country. The bill,...

ISTANBUL (AFP)- Thirteen people including children were killed and 20 others injured Tuesday when a Turkish passenger bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck in northern Anatolia, state media reported. The bus, which was travelling from Istanbul to the northern city of Tokat,...

An explosion occurred on a Gaza road shortly after a convoy carrying Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah passed by on Tuesday, a border official said, but live television showed he was unhurt and attending a scheduled event. The cause of the blast was not immediately known....

Russia will begin implementing the contract on the delivery of S-400 air defense systems with Turkey in early 2020, the presidential aide on military cooperation told a local television on Monday. "Turkey expressed a wish to accelerate its implementation and we managed to find the most...

 Israeli forces have detained 16 Palestinians in overnight raids across the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military. The individuals were arrested for "suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities," the army said in a Monday statement without giving...

 Iran revealed Sunday that it had sentenced an unidentified Iranian-British dual citizen to six years in jail for spying for Britain, in a case that appears not to have previously been disclosed. No details of the case were given, including when the person was arrested or where....