The UN said Tuesday it would investigate the case of killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi if Turkey requests.  “We will wait to see whether we get a formal request from Turkey," UN spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters. "If we get something like that we will evaluate it and make a...

The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on eight people who have been linked to the Taliban. In announcing the sanctions, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin specifically called out Iran, saying that Tehran was actively trying to destabilize the Afghan government by supporting the Taliban....

At least one Palestinian seriously injured in the head on Tuesday by Israeli army gunfire near the buffer zone between Gaza and Israel, according to the Gaza-based Palestinian health ministry. “A [Palestinian] citizen has been seriously injured in the head by occupation gunfire on the...

Foreign ministers of the G7 countries and the EU condemned on Tuesday “in the strongest possible terms the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has confirmed took place in its consulate in Istanbul". “The confirmation of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi’s death is...

At least six people were killed and dozens injured in a car-bomb attack in northern Iraq on Tuesday, according to a local police officer. A car parked on a roadside exploded at a marketplace in al-Qayyarah, south of Mosul, Police Lieutenant Abdel-Qadir al-Jabouri told Anadolu Agency....

At least 305 irregular migrants were held across Turkey, security sources said Tuesday. In northwestern province of Edirne’s Meric and Uzunkopru districts , Turkish gendarmerie units rounded up 155 irregular migrants near the Bulgarian border, said the sources, who spoke on condition of...

Body parts of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found in the garden of the Saudi Arabian consul general’s home, Sky News reported Tuesday. The Daily Star

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conveyed on Tuesday his condolences to the family of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi over phone, presidential sources said. Erdogan held phone conversation with Khashoggi's son Abdullah Khashoggi and other family members, and said he is “deeply...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence vowed Tuesday that Washington would take action in response to the "brutal murder" of columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Pence called Khashoggi's disappearance and death "an assault on a free and independent press" while addressing a conference hosted by the...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has sent a message to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, according to the foreign ministry on Tuesday.  In a statement, the ministry said the message was delivered by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri during his meeting with the Saudi monarch in...

Greece recorded the highest general government-debt-to-GDP ratio in the euro area for the second quarter, the EU’s statistics office announced Tuesday. According to Eurostat, Greek government's gross debt stock totaled €323.4 billion ($385 billion) at the end of second quarter of 2018...

The United Nations Human Rights Committee (OHCHR) said Tuesday a face veil ban in France violated human rights and religious freedoms. The committee received two complaints in 2016 after two French women were prosecuted and convicted in 2012 for wearing the face veils. OHCHR...

Saudi king receives Khashoggi's family members: Saudi press agency

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that there were strong signs that the killing of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned and that he had been killed in a "savage way." Erdogan, who was speaking to members of his AK Party in parliament, called for the...

CIA Director Gina Haspel is en route to Turkey to discuss the case of missing Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to multiple reports Monday. The move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump hinted earlier in the day that America has its top intelligence officials in...

A magnitude-6 temblor rocked eastern Taiwan, Taiwanese authorities said Tuesday. Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau’s Seismology Center said that the quake struck at some 31.3 kilometers below the earth's surface in the county of Hualien. There were no immediate reports of...

The death toll from a landslide in Malaysia's Penang province has risen to nine, local media said Monday. The landslide occurred on a construction site burying several workers under debris. Rescue workers have so far recovered five Bangladeshis, 3 Indonesians and one Myanmar...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there is "no reason" for a one-month delay into Saudi Arabia's investigation into the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump added he is "not satisfied" with Saudi Arabia's explanation for Khashoggi just days after calling it...

Iran's judiciary chief on Monday slammed Saudi Arabia over the "heinous murder" of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and blasted Western countries for "double standards". After more than two weeks of denials, Saudi Arabia admitted over the weekend that Khashoggi was murdered in its Istanbul...

White House advisor Jared Kushner said Monday he had counseled Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be "fully transparent" with a probe into the murder of a journalist that has rattled the kingdom's ties with the West. Kushner told CNN the administration of US President Donald...