The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces have resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed at least 20 Palestinians, according to local health workers. The operations have extended Israel’s control over the Netzarim...

Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival Ekrem Imamoglu on Wednesday on an array of charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group. The Istanbul mayor's arrest comes days before his expected nomination as presidential candidate for Turkey's main...

Dutch Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber rejected a plan proposed by members of parliament to allow Syrian refugees in the Netherlands to temporarily return to their homeland without losing their refugee status. The country's lower house of parliament had voted on the temporary measure to give...

Zaman al-Wasl obtained a video documenting the practices of the former Assad regime. Detainees are transported between security branches in a deliberately humiliating manner: blindfolded and handcuffed detainees are crammed into a truck with barely any air. The beating of jailers' batons can be...