By Humeyra Pamuk SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish police put the mining town of Soma on virtual lockdown on Saturday, setting up checkpoints and detaining dozens of people to enforce a ban on protests as rescue efforts following the country's worst industrial disaster ended....

(Reuters) - Egyptian presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave Reuters a wide-ranging interview. The following is the full text. Q: How long do you think it will take to make real difference. What is your expectation as to the timetable before people start seeing...

AMMAN ( The National )  The deadline to resolve a dispute that brought the Free Syrian Army and Jabhat Al Nusra to the brink of war in southern Syria expired on Monday without resolution. Conditions in southern Syria were tense on Monday night but it appeared as though moderate...

Swedish film-maker Malik Bendjelloul, who shot to fame with his Oscar-winning documentary, "Searching for Sugar Man", has died aged 36. Swedish police said the director had died in the capital Stockholm on Tuesday, but would not specify where his body was found or the cause of...