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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan smiles as he leaves from Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, November 2, 2015. Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir   By Nick Tattersall...

      TRIPOLI: The United Nations on Monday urged Libya's warring factions to agree on a unity government after they were offered proposals to ease...

    File photo   BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday to congratulate him on election victory and urged...

Abdulla Yameen   Malé, Maldives: A remote-controlled bomb was discovered near the presidential palace in the politically charged Maldivian capital on Monday, but the...

  Moscow: The Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board came down due to "external" factors, the airline...

New York: Adele on Monday shattered a record with her long-awaited song "Hello," which became the first track downloaded more than one million...

  St. Petersburg: Ending corruption is vital to efforts to achieve sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the world's largest anti-corruption forum,...

    Diyarbakir, Turkey:  As they digest the resounding victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party in Turkey's general election, residents of the mainly Kurdish...

    Vatican City: The Vatican has arrested a Spanish prelate and a social media expert for allegedly stealing and leaking classified documents in the...

Washington: US environmental regulators said Monday that Volkswagen also included "defeat devices" to skirt emissions rules on certain larger diesel engines, in addition...

Washington: The White House on Monday voiced displeasure at the "intimidation" of Turkish journalists during an election that bolstered the already strong hand...

Jerusalem:Israel's far-right Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel has infuriated animal lovers by suggesting that the country's millions of stray cats and dogs be deported...

Washington: Jeb Bush vowed Monday not to adopt the incendiary rhetoric of other Republican White House contenders, as he sought to reboot his...

Istanbul: Turkey's Justice and Development Party is set to form a single-party government once more after a stunning election turnaround that strengthened the...

  Athens: Amnesty International on Monday criticised Europe's failure to stop migrant deaths in the Aegean Sea as the death toll from ramshackle boats...

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan:  Kyrgyzstan on Monday announced the formation of a new four-party ruling coalition to be led by its current prime minister following...

Leipzig, Germany: A German court Monday jailed a young man who ran a multi-million-euro online drugs business and sold almost a tonne of...

    The Hague: Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Monday the fallout from the refugee crisis should be considered when assessing some members' budgets, adding...