Several hundred Bulgarian nationalists have blocked the three main checkpoints at the Bulgarian-Turkish border for a few hours Tuesday to prevent what they called "electoral tourism" by Bulgarian citizens living permanently in Turkey. The organizers from the nationalist United Patriots...

Germany will be without injured midfielder Mesut Ozil, winger Julian Draxler and forward Mario Gomez when they host England in a friendly international on Wednesday, coach Joachim Loew said. Loew said the trio were nursing minor injuries and would need a few days to recover with the world...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamist Failaq al-Rahman rebel group launched Tuesday the second phase of its offensive in the northeastern edge of Damascus, regaining territory they lost to the army in a weekend assault, and were now storming a major road intersection into the heart of the city, a...

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Russia was setting up a military base in northwestern Syria under a bilateral agreement and will help train its fighters - a step that would anger Turkey as it tries to block Kurdish gains near its borders. The Russian defense ministry, however, said it had...