The United States has dropped charges against 11 of 15 guards of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who were indicted over a brawl with PKK supporters in Washington D.C. in May 2017, in a decision made public late Wednesday. The prosecution first asked charges to be dropped against four of Erdoğan’s security team in November. On […]

At least 35 people were killed and scores wounded on Tuesday when a rocket struck a busy marketplace in a southeastern suburb of the Syrian capital, state-run news agency SANA reported. A police source told SANA the rocket landed in Kashkul market in the outskirts of Jaramana city, part of greater Damascus. The suburb, home […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Early results and an exit poll showed that Vladimir Putin handily won a fourth term as Russia’s president Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world’s largest country for all of the 21st century. The vote was tainted by widespread reports of ballot-box stuffing and […]

HMS Trenchant breaks through a metre of ice in the Arctic in a show of Britain’s military strength. The Royal Navy submarine is taking part in Ice Exercise 18, a major operation in conjunction with US forces. It is the first time in a decade a Navy submarine has practiced beneath the ice amid increasing […]

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea said on Friday it was seeking high-level talks this month with North Korea to prepare for a summit and that South Korean President Moon Jae-in may meet Donald Trump before the U.S. president’s planned meeting with the North Korean leader. Amid a flurry of diplomacy from Asia to Europe to […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Soon after Vladimir Putin is re-elected on Sunday, his thoughts will turn to the question that is likely to dominate his next term as Russia’s president: what will he do when it ends? Putin’s victory in the presidential election is not in doubt as his ratings are high and he has the […]

By all rights, it’s Germany’s turn for one of the biggest political plums in Europe: the chance to name the next president of the European Central Bank. Chancellor Angela Merkel may be prepared to trade that for other items on her agenda. Merkel’s political partners say they’re potentially willing to concede Germany’s chit. The tradeoff: […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A day after the United Nations Security Council demanded a ceasefire across Syria in February, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley – angry that Russia delayed the vote for several days and skeptical the Syrian government would comply – spoke with President Donald Trump. “There’s a lot of decisions to be made now,” […]

In April 2015, the Saudi public was shocked by the news that a Saudi soldier had posted a message on Twitter, wherein he had threatened Saudi Shiite citizens in Qatif with “slaughter”. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was then the country’s defense minister and had not yet acceded to the position of the Crown Prince, […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Any trade war with the United States will only bring disaster to the world economy, Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said on Sunday, as Beijing stepped up its criticism on proposed metals tariffs by Washington amid fears it could shatter global growth. After pressure from allies, the United States has opened the […]