Turkey detain 18 al-Qaeda suspects days before G20 summit
Turkish police detained 18 people on Tuesday suspected of recruiting fighters for Syria's al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, media said, days before world leaders were...
France should not host Euro 2016, says Just Fontaine
French football great Just Fontaine has said France should not host the European Championships next year after the Paris terrorist attacks.
The 82-year-old, who scored...
Myriad Mideast messes await Tillerson on visit to region
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is embarking this weekend on a five-nation tour of the Middle East.
From his first stop in Egypt to...
Palestinian president welcomes ‘important’ visit by Prince William
President Mahmud Abbas on Thursday welcomed this summer's "important" visit by Prince William, the first official trip to the Palestinian territories by a member...
Iraq’s move to rush oil bidding could deter some firms
Iraq is opening more of its untapped oil and gas resources to foreign developers, hoping to boost revenues after its costly war with the...
Syria FM: Iran has no combat forces, bases in the country
Syria's foreign minister said Saturday Iranian military advisers are embedded with Syrian troops but Tehran has no combat forces or fixed bases in the...
Two Turkish troops killed in Libya – Erdogan stated
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said two Turkish troops have been killed in Libya.
"We have two martyrs there in Libya," Erdogan told reporters...
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...
25 killed in Kabul attack on Sikhs in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry stated on Wednesday, that an Islamic State gunman rampaged through a Sikh house of worship in the heart of the Afghan...
Turkish drone killed 5 civilians in Libya
Eastern Libyan forces accused Turkey on Tuesday of staging an attack in which a Turkish drone hit a food truck convoy in the country’s...
