An Afghan woman whose husband cut off her ears said Thursday she was seeking donations for treatment abroad, as activists condemned the latest gruesome incident to highlight the abuse of women in the conservative country. Zarina, 23, was still hospitalised in the northern city of...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed Thursday to hold a referendum on NATO membership amid renewed tensions with Russia. "As the president, I act in accordance with the views of my people, and I will hold a referendum on the question of NATO membership," Poroshenko said in an interview...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former al Qaeda group aimed to escape US-led airstrikes through dissolving in a new alliance, Haya't al-Sham Tahrir (The Sham Liberation Committee), jihadist source said, such an aim may drag the allied Islamist groups with Jabhat Fateh al-Sham to blacklist and Coalition's...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey Thursday for the first time since the failed July coup, seeking to keep a key partnership alive after a series of crises. Merkel is expected to meet both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim during the hugely...