GAZA CITY: Israel’s targeting of Al-Multazem Insurance Co. in Gaza, in an airstrike that destroyed its headquarters, must raise serious questions over the country’s “target bank,” the pool of information Tel Aviv uses to decide

ISTANBUL: To hear President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the campaign trail, Turkey’s municipal elections on Sunday may be a fight for survival against foreign and domestic enemies trying to destroy the country. For many Turks,

European Union legislators have overwhelmingly approved a ban on single-use plastic items - including straws, forks, knives and cotton buds - to counter pollution amid efforts to push manufacturers to step up their recycling efforts. The

US President Donald Trump has called on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela and warned that "all options" were open to make that happen.  The arrival of two Russian air force planes carrying

A Chilean court has ordered the country's Roman Catholic Church to pay compensation to victims in a sex abuse case against influential former priest Fernando Karadima. A unanimous ruling issued on Wednesday requires the

According to an article in the Mail on Sunday newspaper, British soldiers have been involved in firefights with, and been wounded by, Houthi rebels in Yemen and have been involved in providing support to

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will step down if her Brexit deal is approved by Parliament. In a meeting with legislators from her Conservative party on Wednesday, May said she would quit if the

JERUSALEM: An unofficial cease-fire appeared to be holding Wednesday between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers despite limited exchanges of fire. Schools reopened in southern Israel and residents resumed their daily routines after a few

JERUSALEM: An unofficial cease-fire appeared to be holding Wednesday between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers despite limited exchanges of fire. Schools reopened in southern Israel and residents resumed their daily routines after a few

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Actor Kemal Ulusoy and the rest of his Kurdish theater group lost their jobs along with thousands of others in southeast Turkey after the state seized control of about 100 town councils