Europe & Russia

Hundreds killed as 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Turkiye, Syria

Turkiye has experienced the "biggest disaster" in the last century after the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a strong earthquake hit southern provinces on Monday...

Like tens of thousands of people in Gaziantep and other southern parts of Turkiye, Erdal Bay was tucked away in his bed underneath the warmth of a blanket, Monday...

Arab citizens in Israel have established an emergency room to provide relief aid to people affected by a powerful earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria on Monday, Anadolu News...

In 2013, the Syrian regime agreed to give up its chemical arsenal under international supervision following a chemical attack that killed hundreds of people in a suburb of Damascus....

Activists have laid down shoes in the capital of Malta to remember the hundreds of unknown migrants who have died trying to reach Europe. This came as part of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed to have reached a compromise with Russian President Vladimir Putin on interests in the Middle East. In an interview with the French...

Ukraine has demanded the Israeli government issue a clear statement condemning the Russian invasion and supporting the" territorial integrity of Ukraine". It also called on Tel Aviv to approve...

Military delegations from Turkiye, Syria and Russia will hold a meeting this month in the context of developing the tripartite dialogue that began at the end of last year,...

The Palestinian Embassy in Greece is following up on the news that a dinghy sank near the Greek island of Leros, seeking updates on whether the victims included Palestinians,...

Hundreds of buildings collapsed and millions of people in Turkiye, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel felt the earth shake.

Experts and activists from across the world addressed digital censorship the origins of Zionism and how Israel enforces apartheid

Eight people were killed and some 35 were injured, with four in critical condition, after an intercity bus toppled off a highway in Turkey’s western Afyonkarahisar district

Israel is exploring the possibility of supplying Ukraine with its state-of-the-art Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. "The issue of arms...

Iraq said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to arrive in the capital Baghdad on Sunday for talks with Iraqi officials, Anadolu reports. Lavrov will hold talks with...

Turkish police said they had not found evidence of any concrete threat to foreigners after detaining 15 Islamic State suspects accused of targeting consulates and non-Muslim houses of worship,...

Turkish security forces "neutralized" three PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu reports. The terrorists were targeted in the Operation Claw-Lock zone, the...

Pakistan's former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf passed away after a protracted illness in a hospital in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, family and local media reported. He...

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman warned on Saturday Western sanctions against Russia could result in a shortage of energy supplies in future, Reuters reports. In answer to...

It added that the exchange was facilitated "thanks to the mediation of the leadership of the United Arab Emirates."

The boat was found at the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa when the coast guard carried out a rescue operation saving 46 immigrants

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu issued an angry statement on Friday to US Ambassador to Ankara Jeffry Flake, demanding: "Take your dirty hands of Turkiye." According to Haberturk newspaper,...

An Iranian government-backed hacking team allegedly stole and leaked private customer data belonging to French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, security researchers at Microsoft said on Friday, Reuters reports. The...

The West has been unsuccessful in dealing with the migration wave, Turkish Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu said Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The West has been a disgrace to...

Islamophobia needs to be recognised as a crime, a senior Malaysian official said on Friday, calling for "firmer" response by Muslim countries towards incidents of burning of the Muslims'...

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Pope Francis, on Friday, landed in South Sudan, the world's youngest country and one of its most troubled, hoping to spur a stalled peace push and draw global attention...

Foreign soldiers expressed their pleasure at participating in Turkiye's large-scale international winter military exercise in the eastern Kars province, Anadolu News Agency reports. Starting on 18 January, Winter Exercise-2023...

Turkiye said, on Friday, that Western nations, including the United States and Germany, had not given it any information to back up their assertions that security threats had prompted...

What's become all too clear over the past three years is that Labour leader Keir Starmer tolerates no criticism of Israel whatsoever – even when such criticism accords with...

The Israeli government is mulling its policy towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the possibility of providing Ukraine with defence systems, the Israeli website Walla reported, citing three...

Turkiye summoned ambassadors of nine Western countries, including the United States and Sweden, on Thursday to criticise their decision to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and issue security alerts following...