France and Cyprus are conducting naval maneuvers off Cyprus as the east Mediterranean island nation is embroiled in a tense dispute with Turkey over offshore gas drilling. Two French frigates heading to Syria plan to take part in "routine" exercises in Cypriot waters this weekend, a French...

Armed men stormed a mosque in the volatile north of Burkina Faso as worshippers were at prayer, killing 16 people and sending residents fleeing, security sources and locals said Saturday. The attack on the Grand Mosque in the town of Salmossi on Friday evening underscores the difficulties...

Arab foreign ministers on Saturday condemned Turkey's "aggression" in Syria where it is pressing an offensive against Kurdish forces, calling for an immediate withdrawal of Ankara's troops. The statement came after an emergency session of the Arab League in Cairo called for by Egypt to...

Thousands of people opposed to Catalan independence marched in the region's capital Saturday, Spain's national day, with the verdict in the trial of leading Catalan separatists expected early next week. Waving Spanish -- and some Catalan -- flags and carrying anti-independence banners,...

Thousands of people, some shouting "Erdogan terrorist", took to the streets of Paris and other European cities on Saturday in protest at the Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria. Protesters marching under the Kurdish green, red and yellow flag waved placards reading "Trump = serial killer" or...

At least four people died and three were wounded in a shooting at a social club in New York early Saturday, police said. No one has been arrested over the shooting, which took place in Brooklyn, and the motive and exact circumstances are not known, a New York police official told AFP....

Germany is halting sales of weapons to Turkey that could be used in its operation against Kurdish militias in northern Syria, its defense minister was quoted as saying Saturday. "In the context of the Turkish military offensive in northeastern Syria, the government will not issue any new...

Writhing in pain on a hospital stretcher, Fatima al-Issa bit on a purple handkerchief as a medical team tended to wounds she suffered in Turkish bombardment of northeast Syria. They rubbed ointment into burns around her swollen left eye after the 45-year-old was hit by shrapnel from Turkish...

An Emirati astronaut who became the first Arab to reach the International Space Station received a hero's welcome home on Saturday. Hazzaa al-Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates was greeted by Abu Dhabi's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan at the capital's airport. Men,...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has ordered the formation of an investigation panel into deadly protests that left dozens dead and injured thousands this month.  In a Saturday statement, Abdul-Mahdi said the committee will seek to bring those responsible for the death of...

Turkey's Defense Ministry on Saturday said that Ras al-Ayn neighborhood located east of Euphrates in Syria was taken under control in the scope of Operation Peace Spring. "As part of the successful operations being conducted in the framework of Operation Peace Spring, the town of Ras...

Petrol bombs were thrown inside a Hong Kong metro station Saturday but no one was injured, the government said, as pro-democracy protesters again took to the streets angry at what they believe is Beijing's tightening grip on the city. The Kowloon Tong station was seriously damaged in the...

Afghanistan's election commission is orchestrating "systematic fraud" following presidential polls last month, a top candidate's running mate alleged Saturday, an accusation likely to inflame political tensions following the key vote. The claims by Asadullah Saadati, a running mate for...

Defeats for Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic mean that the winner of the Shanghai Masters will be aged 23 or under -- more proof that the next generation of men's tennis stars is closing in. With Rafael Nadal absent from the tournament with a wrist injury, none of the vaunted "Big Three"...

Iran vowed on Saturday not to let an attack on one of its oil tankers off the coast of Saudi Arabia to go unanswered, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said clues had been uncovered as to who was behind what he...

The 17th race of the Grand Prix in the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship will take place in Japan's Suzaka city on Sunday. Formula 1 decided to postpone tomorrow's qualifying round to Sunday due to threat of heavy rains and strong winds. The qualifying round will start at 0100GMT, with...

A civilian died in southeastern Turkey on Saturday from wounds caused by a cross-border mortar attack. Ismail Taskin breathed his last at the Suruc State Hospital in Sanliurfa province. Two other civilians were martyred in the same attack on Friday when YPG/PKK terrorists targeted a...

Kurdish doctor Farid Mustafa was one of the last to flee Ras al-Ain as Turkish bombs rained down on the Syrian border town. He fears may never return home. He escaped on Thursday night with his wife and two small children as warplanes flew in the sky above a line of cars trying to get away...

Turkish forces stepped up their bombardment around a town in northeast Syria on Saturday, the fourth day of an offensive against a Kurdish militia, after U.S. troops in the region came under artillery fire from Turkish positions. The United States has ramped up its efforts to persuade...

The death toll among Syrian Kurdish-led fighters battling a Turkish offensive has risen to 74, most of whom have been killed in the Tel Abyad area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman also said 49 fighters with Turkish backed...