An Iranian official said Friday that 52 people had been arrested at protests the previous day in Mashhad as the government suggested hardline opponents may have been behind the unrest. Reformist media said hundreds had taken to the streets of Mashhad and other towns on Thursday in...

Turkey has released another German citizen from jail, Berlin said Friday amid a gradual thaw in bilateral ties, stressing however that seven more were still being held for "political reasons." Without identifying the person, the German foreign ministry said it could "confirm the...

Turkish police detained 29 suspected Daesh (ISIS) militants in the capital, Ankara, Friday, some of whom allegedly were preparing to carry out attacks during New Year's celebrations, the state-run news agency reported. Some 500 police officers took part in simultaneous raids to detain...

Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday dissolved parliament ahead of an election which is expected to produce a period of instability in the euro zone’s third largest economy. Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s cabinet began meeting to fix the date of the vote, which...