
TURKEY
‘Istanbul attacker nabbed, confesses to killings’
Turkish authorities announce the capture of the New Year Istanbul attack gunman, saying he has confessed to staging the massacre.

Turkish authorities announce the capture of the New Year Istanbul attack gunman, saying he has confessed to staging the massacre.

Monica Crowley, the security adviser of US President-elect Donald Trump, quits amid plagiarism allegations.

Gunmen attack a security checkpoint in Egypt, killing at least eight policemen and injuring three more.

British manufacturing giant Rolls-Royce is set to pay £671 million in penalties to escape accusations of bribery it resorted to overseas.

A high ranking Iraqi commander says around 90 percent of eastern Mosul has been recaptured from the Daesh terrorists.

German foreign minister voices the Western military alliance's worries over the latest comments by the incoming US president saying NATO wasn't taking care of terror.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has criticized President-elect Donald Trump for stepping into the politics of Germany.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warns that the country may go for another independence vote in order to avoid “being taken down” by Brexit.

The Iranian and Russian foreign ministers urge further coordination over the forthcoming intra-Syrian talks in Astana.

Both the US and Russia should cut back their nuclear arsenals, an American author says.

The Philippines and Iran are negotiating over mutual exports of fruit items such as apples, bananas, mango and abaca.

Anti-regime protests continue in Bahrain following the execution of three activists accused of a 2014 bomb attack.

A group of Brazilian Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) forces is dispatched to Alcacuz Penitentiary Center to bring situation under control.

Germany says America’s wars and its “flawed interventionist policy” have destabilized the Middle East.

A Palestinian teenager is killed by Israeli forces during clashes south of the occupied West Bank.

Iran slams a terrorist attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which killed a number of the Emirati diplomats and Afghan citizens.

Iran expects to make as high as $41 billion in sales of oil and condensate by the end of March.

The prime ministers of Syria and Sweden plan to pay official visits to Tehran for talks with senior Iranian officials.