Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that the two should deepen counter-terrorism cooperation, amid Chinese concern about ethnic Uighurs from its Xinjiang region fighting with militants in the Middle East. Uighurs are a largely Muslim, Turkic-speaking...

North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile early Sunday, according to South Korea’s military – prompting Seoul’s new leader, Moon Jae-in, to convene an emergency security meeting. “North Korea fired an unidentified missile at around 5.27 a.m. [1027GMT] today from an area in the...

( The New Arab )- Bana al-Abed, the 8 year-old girl, who captured the world's attention last year with her vivid portrayals of Syria's war on Twitter during the siege of east Aleppo has been granted Turkish citizenship. Al-Abed along with the other four members of her family were presented...

Syria's government has reached a deal with rebels in the Qabun neighborhood of Damascus for the evacuation of opposition fighters, Syrian state media and a monitor said on Saturday. The deal comes after similar evacuations from neighboring rebel-held Damascus districts and a government...