. . ANKARA – A Turkish policeman fatally shot Russia’s ambassador to Turkey on Monday in front of a shocked gathering at a photo exhibit and...
. . BEIRUT – A cease-fire deal between rebels and the Syrian government in the city of Aleppo effectively collapsed on Wednesday, Syrian President Bashar Assad...
. . ISTANBUL – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, declared a national day of mourning, launched a full investigation and began to bury its dead Sunday...
. . BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Germany should ban full-face veils, and that it would not tolerate any version of...
. . SAARLOUIS – The millions in ransom money came in dollar by dollar, euro by euro from around the world. The donations, raised from church...
. . BANGKOK – The trial of two Chinese Uygur men accused of carrying out a bombing at a Bangkok landmark last year that killed 20...
. . WASHINGTON – The fight to retake Raqqa, the Syrian city that serves as the capital of the Islamic State, must begin soon — within...
BRUSSSLES – The United Kingdom said on Wednesday it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks...
. . BUCHAREST – Hundreds of migrants set off on foot on Tuesday toward Serbia’s border with Hungary to protest its closure for most people trying...
. VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has publicly denounced the assault on the Syrian city of Aleppo, saying those responsible for the bombings must answer to...
. . WASHINGTON – After 24 hours into an intense manhunt, police have arrested the suspected gunman who opened fire at the Cascade Mall in Burlington in Washington...
. . WikiLeaks’ global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse,...
. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s military court on Tuesday rejected allegations by two Uighur defendants that they were tortured in custody to confess to bombing a...
. For the Olympics, it’s so-long Sotuh America and hello Asia, the next three Olympics are headed for relatively calmer ports of call in South Korea,...
. . RIO DE JANEIRO – Thailand’s Amnat Ruenroeng been eliminated after Sofiane Oumiha of France absolutely battered him over the final two rounds before the...
. . ALEPPO – A Russian transport helicopter was shot down in Syria on Monday and all five people onboard were killed, the Kremlin said, in...
. . SAINTE-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY – Two militant attackers took hostages inside a French church during morning Mass on Tuesday near the city of Rouen, killing an...
. . ANKARA – Turkish lawmakers convened Thursday to endorse sweeping new powers for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that would allow him to expand a crackdown...
. ISTANBUL – Chanting, dancing and waving flags, tens of thousands of Turks marched through the streets into the wee hours Sunday in half a dozen...
. . ANKARA – In a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left dozens dead Saturday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has quashed a...