Turkey's Foreign Ministry summoned Germany's ambassador last week over a satirical broadcast by German television station NDR, Spiegel magazine's online edition reported on Monday. The ambassador, Martin Erdmann, was called to the ministry last Tuesday over the NDR broadcast on March 17 that...

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday congratulated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for retaking the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. "In a telephone conversation with Syrian president, Putin congratulated his counterpart on the liberation of the city of Palmyra from terrorists and...

The process for a new constitution is to be accelerated to meet the expectations of Turkish people , said Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday. Davutoglu spoke during World Turkish Entrepreneurs Assembly of Foreign Economic Relations Board in Istanbul. Stating that a roadmap had...

Thousands of Yemenis rallied in the rebel-held capital Saturday to denounce the Saudi-led coalition that launched a military campaign against the country's insurgents a year ago, an AFP photographer said. The intervention in support of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi that began on March 26...