The UN on Thursday warned that if violations of cessation of hostilities in Syria continued, the UN would not be able to undertake its plan to deliver aid to 35 besieged and hard-to-reach areas in the country during the month of May.
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The "overwhelming majority" of Syrian cease-fire violations have been committed by the Assad regime, Britain's foreign secretary said in a call for Russia's help to stop the violence.
Philip Hammond said the ongoing peace talks in Geneva would only (...)
Secret files related to offshore holdings in Panama continue to pressure British Prime Minister David Cameron, as he comes under fire from opposition parties and the hashtag #ResignCameron became a top trender on social media on Friday.
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On Friday the Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said that international efforts to end the conflict in Syria should focus on preventing insurgents coming in from neighbouring Turkey and Jordan.
Syrian state media, which reported the comments (...)
In his visit to Greece on Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that his national authority was going to issue State of Palestine passports within 2016.
"Regarding the issue of a passport under the name Palestine State, we are (...)
Up to 25 Spanish municipalities and regional governments have endorsed a resolution to boycott Israel.
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) General Coordinator Mahmoud Nawajah speaking to Quds Press that the agreed resolution comes as part (...)
A video released Friday appears to show Greek coast guards puncturing a dinghy boat with a sharp object earlier in November in the Aegean Sea.
Video footage released by Turkey's Office of Public Diplomacy on Friday shows a sea vessel numbered (...)
Kenyan soldiers killed 15 al-Shabaab fighters in a raid to capture a base 180 kilometers (112 miles) inside Somalia.
The assault on Yantooy, a town on the Jubba River, was aimed at disrupting militant supply lines from their headquarters at Jilib. (...)
Tens of thousands of Palestinian residents of Jerusalem could lose their right to enter the city, according to proposals reportedly made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Monday that (...)
US Secretary of State John Kerry and King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Saturday called for greater international efforts to restore stability to Syria without President Bashar al-Assad at its helm.
The two countries backed the aim of a "unified, (...)
Palestinian activists warn that extremist Jewish groups in Israel -- which they say enjoy the tacit support of Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government -- are now openly calling for the destruction of occupied East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque to (...)
Turkish jets carried out airstrikes Tuesday on several targets in northern Iraq, where the the terrorist organization PKK has numerous mountain bases, military sources said.
F-16 and F-4 2020 fighter jets hit hideouts and underground ammunition (...)
Fighting between troops and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) members in northeastern Turkey has left one soldier dead, a local official said on Sunday.
Clashes in the early hours of Sunday morning near the town of Kagizman, Kars province, saw three (...)
Nigerian fighter jets have carried out several airstrikes in the northeastern Sambisa Forest region, a known Boko Haram stronghold, according to a military spokesman.
"The Nigerian military, in its resolution to incapacitate and further degrade the (...)
Turkish authorities are putting up a concrete wall along the country's border with Syria after the recent wave of terrorist attacks hitting the southern border regions.
The construction in Reyhanli district of Hatay province comes as part of the (...)
Afghan officials are due in Pakistan on Thursday to discuss reviving suspended peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, Pakistan's national security adviser said, days after Taliban attacks killed dozens of people in Kabul.
The attacks followed a change (...)
Fighting the PKK's Syrian affiliate Democratic Union Party (PYD) is not a part of Turkey's cooperation with the U.S. against ISIS, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday.
But he added that Ankara does not endorse the PYD's (...)
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has rejected claims that Turkey supported ISIL, in an exclusive interview with BBC's Jeremy Bowen.
"This is very unfair assessment and I categorically reject this," Davutoglu said.
Davutoglu emphasized that (...)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned a wave of deadly terrorist attacks that hit Turkey on Monday.
A total of six Turkish security forces died in attacks staged in Turkey's southeastern Sirnak province and in its largest city, Istanbul.
"[Ban] (...)
The U.S. has been clear that its coalition's goal and focus in northern Syria is fighting ISIL and not changing the map in Syria, a U.S. official said Monday.
State Department's spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. and Turkey continued to have (...)
The European Commission on Monday approved 2.4 billion euros ($2.6 billion) of aid over six years for countries including Greece and Italy that have struggled to cope with a surge in numbers of immigrants.
Italy is to receive the most aid - nearly (...)
Google Inc announced a surprise overhaul of its operating structure on Monday, creating a holding company called "Alphabet" to pool its many subsidiaries and separate the core web advertising business from newer ventures like driverless cars.
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The meeting between leaders of Justice and Development (AK) Party and the Republican People's Party (CHP) as part of a bid to form a coalition government ended late Monday.
The meeting between Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and CHP leader Kemal (...)
Britain will extend its air campaign in Iraq against ISIL militants by a year, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Tuesday, saying it would use ageing Tornado fighter jets to conduct strikes until at least early 2017.
Britain had previously (...)
Israeli banks fear an international boycott, according to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement.
The BDS said on Monday that such a boycott could come because of increased settlements built on lands occupied by Israel.
"The BDS provided the (...)