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My last office had cockroaches: Erdogan
Turkey’s Erdogan defends the controversial construction of his new lavish presidential palace on the ground that his previous residence had cockroaches.

Turkey’s Erdogan defends the controversial construction of his new lavish presidential palace on the ground that his previous residence had cockroaches.

Turkish demonstrators stage a rally in Diyarbakir to pay homage to the victims of recent deadly blasts at a pro-Kurdish rally.

Egyptian lawyers go on a general strike to protest police brutality.

Most Americans continue to believe the state of moral values in the US is "getting worse," according to a new poll.

A blood test to see whether a child has Down’s syndrome could be is said to cut the risk of miscarriage.

Iraqi security forces foil a terrorist attack by the ISIL Takfiri militants in the strategic province of Anbar.

A rocket attack by militants injures nine civilians, including three children, in Syria's Aleppo.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has used his party’s first post-election conference to position them as the credible anti-EU voice ahead of Britain’s referendum.

The United States is considering new strategies to prevent Russia from meddling in Europe, according to a report.

Two Russian nationals abducted in Sudan's Darfur in January are released.

Taliban militants capture Yamgan District in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province.

The two London Jewish schools that banned women from driving have backed down following a warning from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Iran is not satisfied with current oil prices after OPEC decided to maintain production levels unchanged at its Friday meeting in Vienna.

Egyptian court overturns an earlier verdict by a fellow tribunal, which branded Hamas as a “terrorist“ group.

Mexican officials plan to dispatch troops to the nation’s southern states to protect polling places as violence threatens midterm elections over the weekend.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has concluded that its officers are not guilty in the fatal shooting of a mentally ill black man.

The Taliban militants have carried out a major assault to capture a district in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province.

At least 11 people are dead and 17 others missing after a 5.9-magnitude quake jolted Malaysia’s highest peak.