The lira took a hit as investors braced for a Turkish military operation in northern Syria. The currency weakened as much as 1.1% to breach 5.75 against the dollar. It pared losses to 0.8%, trading at 5.7458 as of 11:31 a.m. in Istanbul, still leading declines among emerging-market...

Top officials from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, key players in a coalition fighting Yemeni rebels, have discussed military cooperation following a positive response by Riyadh to a truce offer from the insurgents. Saudi's deputy defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with Abu Dhabi Crown...

French and German attempts to end the conflict in east Ukraine risk increasing tensions that were already rising in the European Union over how to handle Russia and which could complicate peace efforts. Progress at talks between Russian and Ukrainian envoys have raised hopes of convening...

Tunisians go to the polls Sunday for the third parliamentary polls of a successful but hectic transition to democracy since the North African country's 2011 revolution. Polling stations open for the seven-million electorate at 8:00 am (0700 GMT) and close 12 hours later, with preliminary...