Turkish authorities have detained 282 individuals over the past five days as part of a large-scale operation targeting the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Tuesday.
The nationwide raids took place (...)
RIYADH — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Riyadh on Monday for high-level discussions with Saudi officials, aiming to advance diplomatic efforts between Russia and Ukraine.
According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant, Russian Foreign (...)
The external borders of the European Union registered more than 120,000 cases of pushback by national authorities against irregular migrants in 2024, according to a new report by a group of nine human rights organizations.
The report, released on (...)
ABHA — The Royal Saudi Air Force will participate in the Cobra Warrior 25-1 exercise, which will be held in the United Kingdom alongside the forces of a number of friendly countries.
A farewell party was given at King Khalid Air Base in the southern (...)
Four-year-old Emir was at home with his family when two devastating earthquakes hit southern Turkey on 6 February 2023, claiming the lives of more than 53,500 people.
The bodies of his mother, father and 10-year-old brother were found in the (...)
Some of US President Donald Trump's top aides have sought to soften parts of his proposal to take over Gaza and permanently relocate Palestinians from the war-stricken enclave, following backlash at home and abroad and questions over the plan's (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa at the presidential palace in Ankara in Turkey on Tuesday to discuss Syria's economic recovery and its security and stability.
At a joint press conference (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr confirmed on Tuesday the sale of Brazilian forward Anderson Talisca to Turkish Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe.
The announcement came a day after Fenerbahçe, managed by José Mourinho, revealed that they had reached (...)
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, received Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at the ministry's headquarters in Riyadh on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two officials reviewed the bilateral relations between (...)
Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during bad weather on 15 December. Volgoneft-239 ran aground following the storm, while Volgoneft-212 sank. Up to 5,000 tons of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official (...)
Customs officials in France have warned people not to consume so-called "aphrodisiac honey" — illegally imported honey mixed with medicines used to treat erectile dysfunction.
The warning was issued in a statement published Monday after customs (...)
A Uyghur refugee, she has spent the past decade hoping her husband would join her and their three sons in Turkey, where they now live.
The family was detained in Thailand in 2014 after fleeing increasing repression in their hometown in China's (...)
A fire has engulfed a hotel in the Turkish ski resort of Bolu, killing 66 people and injuring at least 51 more, officials have said.
The fire broke out at the 12-story Grand Kartal Hotel at 03:27 local time (00:27 GMT) during a busy holiday period (...)
ANKARA — Saudi Arabia and Turkey held the second round of political consultations at the headquarters of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara.
During the tour, the two sides discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in various (...)
RIYADH — The foreign ministers and representatives of Arab and Western countries, who met in Riyadh on Sunday, discussed the steps to support the Syrian people and provide them with all the aid and support in this critical phase of their history. (...)
Ireland has joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice announced Tuesday morning.
In a brief press statement, the ICJ said that Ireland had on Monday joined Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Libya, Bolivia, (...)
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates.
On 1 January, Kyiv shut off a pipeline that for decades was used to (...)
The new Syrian authorities are reported to have given some foreign Islamist fighters senior official posts in the country's armed forces.
The army is being reorganized by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the militant group that is now effectively in (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not allow Russia to "earn additional billions on our blood" and had given the EU a year to prepare.
The European Commission said the continent's gas system was "resilient and flexible" (...)
An explosion at an ammunition and explosives factory in north-west Turkey has killed at least 12 people and injured four others.
The blast happened at 8:25 local time (5:25 GMT) in the capsule production section, the governor of the city of (...)
As the new Syria struggles to take shape, old threats are re-emerging.
The chaos since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad is "paving the way" for the so-called Islamic State (IS) to make a comeback, according to a leading Kurdish commander who helped (...)
The Pentagon announced the US currently has "approximately 2,000" troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.
"There are diplomatic and operational (...)
The leaders of the European Union agreed on Thursday on the key principles they will follow to normalize ties with Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's autocracy, with the caveat that "the jury is still out" on the rebels leading the (...)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pushed for a tangible and immediate improvement in relations between Turkey and the European Union during a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen that was focused on Syria's transition of power and the fate of (...)
Georgia and Turkey on Tuesday received stinging report cards from European Union ministers over their accession process, while Ukraine and Moldova mostly got gold stars.
In enlargement conclusions released as they were meeting in Brussels, EU (...)
