Ankara---The Turkish government took an unexpected step back on its controversial homeland security bill, taking the legislation out of parliament and sending it...
Ankara---The Turkish government took an unexpected step back on its controversial homeland security bill, taking the legislation out of parliament and sending it...
Damascus - Exhausted by four years of war and economic hardship, Syrians are suffering from an epidemic of mental illness, from suicidal adults...
Jerusalem---Final opinion polls published Friday put Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing Likud party four seats behind its centre-left rival with four days...
Beijing - Two years into his presidency China's Xi Jinping has overturned his image as a consensus-builder, with some analysts questioning whether the...
Kiev---Ukraine on Friday received the first $5 billion tranche of the International Monetary Fund's bailout for its troubled economy, the finance ministry said....
Albu Ajil, Iraq - Thousands of Iraqi forces have laid siege to jihadists holed up in Tikrit but the Islamic State group shrugged...
Riyadh---Ten more people have died in Saudi Arabia from the MERS virus since last week, health ministry data showed on Friday, adding to...
Muzaffarabad, Pakistan---The family of a man condemned to death as a teenager made an emotional appeal for mercy Friday, saying a court order...
Jerusalem - Despite Benjamin Netanyahu's best efforts to flag security as the biggest issue keeping Israelis awake at night, the reality is far...
Villa Castelli - Four top French athletes and crew from a reality TV show were cleared to return home on Thursday after the...
Geneva - US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart are due to meet in Switzerland on Sunday, seeking to agree...
Washington - A man in the US capital was killed in a police shooting Thursday night in Washington's subway system, officials said. Transit...
Tehran - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday warned against "deceitful" world powers and branded a letter from Republican lawmakers as...
Mexico City - Mexican authorities detained on Thursday seven federal police officers accused of committing extortion in the border city of Matamoros, days...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt - Egypt is hosting from Friday a three-day conference aimed at wooing foreign investors, while also shoring up global...
San Francisco - A calculating schemer burning with resentment and with a thirst for a quick buck or an innocent victim of sickening...
Washington - It was either a curious oversight or an ominous editorial directive, but the cover of TIME's latest issue out Thursday depicts...
