The first bodies from a plane crash in Egypt in which all 224 passengers, most of them Russians, died over the weekend arrived in St Petersburg early on Monday morning aboard a Russian government plane. The crashed Airbus A321 plane, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, was carrying...

(By Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Istanbul/Zaman Al Wasl- In mid-September 2012, Venus, the 17-year old girl, was arrested by the Political Security Branch after her neighbor report to the branch about her activities and her defected father. Her father defected from the Syrian...

An Egyptian television station suspended a female presenter's programme on Friday following online outrage after she shamed and allegedly stole personal pictures from a sexual harassment victim on her show. Stressing its "respect for all women and girls", the privately owned Al-Nahar channel...

Turkish jets on Saturday launched bombing raids against ISIS targets in Syria, the day before Turks are due to vote in a parliamentary election, a senior government official said. American jets were standing by to assist and all aircraft involved in the operations returned safely, the official...