KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has replaced the intelligence chief, state news agency SUNA reported on Sunday. It said that Salah Abdallah Mohamed Saleh, known as Gosh, was appointed head of the National Intelligence and Security Service, replacing...

Anime fans in war-torn Iraq have flocked to the country's annual festival celebrating Japanese animation and comic book culture. Thousands of Iraqis turned up on Friday for the Otaku Matsuri convention in the capital Baghdad dressed up as their favourite anime characters, local media...

Turkish police have detained 31 suspected Islamic State members in Istanbul who were preparing to launch an attack, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday. Police raided six addresses in three districts of the city, Anadolu said, without giving details on when the operations...

The deputy head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps declined to comment on reports that Israel had intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria Saturday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. "We cannot confirm this report on the drone because Israelis are liars...