Kurdish ex-mayor sentenced for nine years on ‘terror’ links in Turkey
The ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city was sentenced on Monday to more than nine years in prison after convicting him of "membership in...
Turkey-Cyprus dispute holding up EU’s Belarus sanctions, diplomats say
BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - European Union sanctions on Belarus are being delayed by a separate dispute between Cyprus and Turkey over energy resources...
Russia says no evidence of civilian deaths in its Syria bombings
Russia said on Tuesday there was no credible evidence of its air strikes causing civilian deaths in Syria, rejecting German Chancellor Angela Merkel's criticism...
Israel says won't allow Iran to join "nuclear weapons club"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations on Thursday that his country would not allow Iran "to break in, to sneak in,...
Iran parliament green-lights nuclear deal
Iran's parliament approved a historic nuclear deal with world powers on Tuesday, effectively ending debate among lawmakers over the agreement and paving the way...
Royal Dutch Shell first quarter earnings down 58 percent
Oil company Royal Dutch Shell said first-quarter earnings plunged 58 percent as depressed crude prices create "hugely challenging times" for the energy industry.
The Anglo-Dutch...
Crude prices up on Canada fires and Saudi oil minister replacement
Crude prices extended gains in Asia Monday as raging wildfires hit production in Canada, while traders digested news that Saudi Arabia had replaced its...
U.N. says 12,000 Syrian refugees stranded at Jordan border
Around 12,000 people who have fled the war in Syria are stranded at the Jordanian border, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday,...
One killed in blast at Istanbul airport, cause unknown
An explosion at Istanbul's second-largest airport on Wednesday killed one cleaner on an airplane and injured another, Dogan news agency said, adding authorities were...
EU denies German claim on aid cut for refugee refuseniks
The European Union on Tuesday denied claims by Germany that countries refusing binding quotas for the relocation of refugees could face aid cuts.
German Interior...
