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A Turkish riot police officer patrols Ataturk airport`s main enterance in Istanbul, on June 28, 2016. AFP / OZAN KOSE   DUBAI: Iran said...

 Basma Kodmani Geneva: The European Union should consider slapping sanctions on Russia for violating the ceasefire in Syria, a high-ranking member of the...

  By Ridvan Korkulutas and Izzet Mazi KILIS, Turkey: Turkey has deployed two defense systems to its southern border to counter the threat of...

ISTANBUL: An explosion hit Turkey’s largest airport, Istanbul Ataturk, on Tuesday, broadcasters NTV and CNN Turk said, adding that several people were injured...

 Lebanese soldiers patrol the Christian village of al-Qaa, near the country's border with war-ravaged Syria, on June 28, 2016 after two waves of...

DUBAI: Iran named Major General Mohammad Baqeri as head of the armed forces, state media reported on Tuesday.  Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...

  Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Sunni mosque near Baghdad where worshippers were gathered for prayers, killing at least nine people,...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during an iftar event in Ankara, Turkey, June 27, 2016. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/ REUTERS  By Meltem Bulur...

Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit CAIRO: Former Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit will assume his post as the new Arab League Secretary-General this...

  HADHRAMAUT, Yemen: At least 48 government troops were killed in multiple suicide bombings claimed by Daesh group in Yemen’s south-eastern city of al-Mukalla...

  Baghdad: An Iraqi court has dealt a blow to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's efforts to replace a cabinet dominated by entrenched political parties,...

Lebanese army soldiers patrol near a church outside which suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Christian village of Qaa, in the Bekaa...

  Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin is to hold his first phone call with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan since Ankara downed one of...

  Paris: Paris prosecutors have charged the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with corruption, an anti-graft group said Tuesday. Rifaat al-Assad, 78, who...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim gestures as he delivers a speech during a press conference after a Turkish-Israeli meeting, at the Cankaya Palace...

  Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Sunni mosque near Baghdad where worshippers were gathered for prayers, killing at least nine people,...

  ANKARA: Turkey signed a broad deal on Tuesday to restore ties with Israel after a six-year rupture, a Turkish foreign ministry official said,...

  DIYARBAKIR: Five people including two police officers were wounded in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakir on Tuesday when a bomb exploded as an...