Category: 3. Middle East

The city council has chosen a temporary mayor to take over from Ekrem Imamoglu, who was jailed last week.

Istanbul’s municipal government has elected Nuri Aslan as interim mayor to replace Ekrem Imamoglu, who has been imprisoned on corruption…

The former president has been accused of five crimes including attempting a coup d’etat.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial on charges of attempting a coup d’etat after failing to win the…

Palestinians on Wednesday staged protests in the Gaza Strip against the territory’s Hamas rulers for the second consecutive day, calling for an end to the war with Israel, witnesses said.

Demonstrators carrying banners reading “Hamas does not…

Since the March 5 revelation, Mexican media have published a wave of testimonies from those who claim to have survived or escaped Rancho Izaguirre.

Many of those who came forward chose to remain anonymous. They identified as impoverished youths…

Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations of breaking a United States-brokered deal against attacks in the Black Sea a day after it was announced.

The Ukrainian air force said on Wednesday that 117 drones were launched from Russia during an…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken Turkey closer to autocracy with the arrest of the elected mayor of Istanbul, but the scale of the ensuing protests could yet shake his grip, analysts say.

Long accused by opponents of presiding over a drift…