(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Critics rise by Syrian activists over the increase of corruption and bribery among the employees of Syrian regime's consulate in Istanbul. In theory, the consulate does the official documents for birth, marriage, death, power...

(AFP)- Romanian coastguard have intercepted a boat carrying 70 mainly Syrian and Iraqi migrants in the Black Sea, the interior ministry announced on Saturday. Seven children, including a five-month-old baby, and twenty women were among those on board the fishing boat which came from Turkey....

(Reuters) - Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his followers to take a "historic" decision to lay down their arms, according to a statement on Saturday, a crucial step in Turkey's drive to end a 30-year insurgency by Kurdish rebels. Turkey's president, Tayyip...

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, journalist Kenji Goto, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to vow to step up humanitarian aid to the group's opponents in the Middle East and help bring his killers to justice. "I feel intense...