Several hundred Turkish and Syrian protesters held an anti-Russia demonstration in Istanbul on Saturday against intensified Russian and regime bombardment in Syria's rebel bastion of Idlib. The protesters -- mostly Syrians living in Turkey -- gathered close to the Russian consulate in...

Saudi Arabia signed a deal with the local unit of U.S. weapons maker Raytheon on Saturday to localize maintenance of its Patriot missile defense system, as part of efforts to boost Saudi’s defense industries and its broader economy. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman plans to diversify the...

Kazakhstan observed a national day of mourning on Saturday after 12 people died when an airliner crashed shortly after takeoff and slammed into a house. Witnesses spoke of the terrified screams of passengers as the plane came down on the edge of the country's biggest city Almaty on Friday,...

Algeria's president Abdelmadjid Tebboune named Abdelaziz Djerad, a political analyst and university professor, as the country's new prime minister on Saturday, state TV reported.  A former diplomat and presidential advisor, Djerad teaches political science at the University of...