Middle East

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey will introduce regulations to control social media platforms or shut them down, President Tayyip Erdogan announced…

MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a…

ISTANBUL (AP) — In its more than 1,400-year existence, the majestic domed structure of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has served…

ROME (AP) — Italian police have seized 14 tons of amphetamines, allegedly produced in Syria by the Islamic State group…

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese government on Tuesday raised the price of a 900-gram loaf of partially subsidized bread to…

(Reuters) — Nineteen people were killed and six injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a medical clinic in the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister said Wednesday he doubts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex parts of the…

BEIRUT (AP) — With Beirut’s airport partially reopening from a three-month virus shutdown, the government is hoping thousands of Lebanese…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Thousands of Turkish lawyers protested outside Istanbul’s main courthouse on Tuesday against a government plan to reform…

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese protesters returned to the streets on Tuesday to pressure transitional authorities, demanding justice for those killed…