Over 260 suspects were detained across Turkey in a crackdown to avert possible terror attacks on New Year’s Eve, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. A statement said 267 individuals suspected of “supporting terrorist organizations abusing religion” were held in operations in 33...

Syria on Saturday lambasted the US government for sanctions it has imposed on Damascus, following a UN special rapporteur's statement that called on Washington to remove unilateral sanctions against the war-torn country. The Syrian Foreign Ministry described US sanctions against the country...

Yemen’s prime minister on Saturday said that a missile attack on the airport in Aden was meant "to eliminate" the country's new government as it arrived in the key southern city - a daring assault which he blamed on Iran-backed rebels. Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed spoke to The...

A team of Turkish scientists and archaeologists discovered the remains of a 2,500-year-old Aphrodite Temple in the Urla-Cesme peninsula in Turkey's west. As a result of screening an area of 1,600 square meters that covers parts of Urla, Cesme and Seferihisar districts of Izmir, 35...