Women across Turkey gathered Sunday in support of a landmark treaty on combating violence against women as fears grow over Ankara's possible withdrawal from the agreement. The demonstrations are part of the rising anger in Turkey at the growing number of women killed, including the murder...

Libya's UN-recognized government has disavowed a visit by French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, a champion of the 2011 ouster of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi whose standing has plummeted since the uprising. Across Libya, the euphoria of the NATO-backed rebellion has long since faded as...

At 24, Sama al-Diwani and her college sweetheart had big dreams. He was working on opening a bakery in Iraq. She was preparing to leave to England, where she would spend a year working on her masters’ degree in pharmacy. After that, they would reunite, get married and start a family....

At least 8 civilians were killed and 17 more wounded in a bomb attack in the Turkish-held region of Ras al-Ayn northeastern Syria, Turkey’s Defense Ministry and activists said Sunday. The suspected YPG-blast went off in the vegetable marketplace in the Turkish-held region. ...