Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to allow migrants to cross Turkey's borders after the European Parliament voted to back a freeze in membership talks with Ankara. "Listen to me. If you go any further, then the frontiers will be opened, bear that in mind," the Turkish president told...

(Ma’an News Agency)- The World Bank denounced the worsening water crisis in the Gaza Strip, calling the situation in the besieged Palestinian enclave “alarming” on Wednesday. In a statement released by the World Bank, senior water and sanitation specialist Adnan Ghosheh stated that only 10...

Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes on the Syrian city of al-Bab held by Islamic State on Friday, the military said in a statement, after four Turkish soldiers were killed in the area over the past two days. The air strikes shortly before 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) destroyed buildings believed...

An Australian citizen believed to be a top recruiter for ISIS is under arrest, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing an unnamed U.S. military official, months after Australia said he had been killed in a U.S. air strike. Australia said in May that Neil Prakash, who was linked to...

At least 74 people were confirmed dead Friday after a platform at a power plant's cooling tower collapsed during construction in eastern China. State news agency Xinhua reported that the victims of Thursday's incident at the Fengcheng Power Plant in the city of Yichun in Jiangxi Province...

Germany’s leading airline Lufthansa cancelled nearly 830 flights scheduled for Friday as pilots continued a strike for a third consecutive day. Lufthansa said the industrial action would affect all flights within Germany and Europe, and ground 830 short- and medium-haul flights. Since...

Hurricane Otto battered Nicaragua and Costa Rica with powerful winds and torrential rains on Friday, damaging homes, forcing thousands to evacuate and causing an undetermined number of deaths. The hurricane, which weakened rapidly after hitting the southeastern coast of Nicaragua, became a...

 Iraqi hospital and police officials say the death toll from a car bombing south of Baghdad claimed by the ISIS has risen to 73, including about 40 Iranian pilgrims. The officials said Friday that 65 people were wounded in the attack. Earlier, they had put the death toll from the...

(Sky News)- A US serviceman has died after being wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Syria, officials have said. The man was fatally injured near the town of Ayn Issa, the US military's central command said.  In a statement, Lieutenant General Stephen...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish PYD militia launched arrest campaign to against journalists and media activists in northeastern city of Hasaka, sources said.   Omar Kojari, Editor of Kurdistan Newspaper told Zaman al-Wasl that Sardar Dari, correspondent of Walat-FM radio, has been abducted by a...

The inhabitants of besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo have fewer than ten days to receive aid or face starvation and death from a lack of medical supplies, the head of the Syria Civil Defence, or "White Helmets", said on Thursday. The volunteer group which works in opposition-held territory...

At least 32 civilians, including five children, were killed Thursday in Syrian regime air strikes and artillery bombardment on rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo, a monitor said citing a new toll. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday's toll, up from an earlier figure of 16...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A leaked recording of the Sheikh of the al-Baggara tribe, Nawaf al-Bashir, revealed statements he made supporting the regime and complimenting it, and others attacking the opposition and cursing it.  In the recording al-Bashir said, “From 2012 I have no relationship...

(The Guardian)- A group of unaccompanied Syrian teenagers who have sought safety in the UK have made an impassioned plea for Britons to accept them “with open arms, not with racism and hate” and help hundreds of other minors who are stuck in France. Omar, a 16-year-old Syrian who arrived in...

German police arrested a 20-year-old Syrian refugee who sympathized with Islamic State after he tried to cross into Denmark with potential bomb-making materials, a spokesman for the Stuttgart prosecutor's office said on Thursday. The man, whose name was not disclosed, had been in Germany for...

(The Daily Star)- The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc issued a statement Thursday calling for solidarity with Syrian refugees in Lebanon, state media reported. “[With regards] to the Syrian displaced brethren, and in particular, the dismantling of some encampments where they are staying...

(The Independent)- Israeli authorities have revived plans to build hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in Israel-annexed East Jerusalem, a move which a leading charity says has been encouraged by the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency.  “The political significance of this...

Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard has called time on his playing career at the age of 36. Gerrard spent 17 years at his hometown club Liverpool, where he won seven major trophies, before ending his time on the pitch with an 18-month spell at LA Galaxy. "Following recent...

(The Telegraph)- Britain's exit from the EU could be blocked, Tony Blair has said, as he ruled out a return to frontline politics because there is “too much hostility” towards him. The former Labour prime minister said he had been accused of “treason” for suggesting that Britain keep its...

A senior U.N. aid official says his team has received written approval from Syrian rebels in the besieged opposition-held parts of the city of Aleppo to allow aid in and evacuate the wounded. Jan Egeland told reporters in Geneva on Thursday that the U.N. also has "verbal support" from...