President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Sunday as saying that Turkey did not need to join the European Union "at all costs" and could instead become part of a security bloc dominated by China, Russia and Central Asian nations. NATO member Turkey's prospects of joining the EU look more remote...

Violence subsided Sunday in Yemen, a day after the beginning of a 48-hour ceasefire declared by the pro-government Arab coalition battling rebel fighters for almost 20 months. An AFP correspondent in Sanaa said there had not been any air strikes in the rebel-held capital by warplanes of the...

Speculation is growing that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek a fourth term in general elections next year. Merkel refused to comment on the possibility during a press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama last week. She said she would announce her plans when the time was...

(Daily Sabah)- South Korean prosecutors are now formally treating President Park Geun-hye as a suspect in a snowballing corruption scandal that has dragged her approval rating down to a record-low five percent and prompted weeks of mass protests. Park's status shifted Sunday when prosecutors...