Europe

ANKARA: A ban imposed on women sitting in Parliament and working in the civil service from wearing head scarf has been lifted in Turkey,...

ANKARA: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday warned that Turkey will ‘pay very dearly’ for backing rebels fighting to overthrow his regime.In an interview...

LAMPEDUSA: A boat carrying some 500 asylum-seekers caught fire and sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday that left at least...

BRUSSELS: A data-sharing deal related to tracking terrorist bank funding between the United States and European Union (EU) is in jeopardy over the National...

ISLAMABAD: The Britain acknowledged Pakistan's leading role in the war against terrorism and said that it will continue to work jointly with Islamabad to...

NAIROBI: Two or three US citizens and one UK lady were among the perpetrators who kept the Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall siege since Saturday...

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has won the parliamentary elections in Germany with 41.5 percent of the votes, while its main...

LONDON: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's daughter was threatened at gunpoint during a failed robbery attempt in central London.The 25-year-old Kathryn Blair was...

CANBERRA: Tony Abbott was formally sworn in as Australia's new prime minister on Wednesday, days after his national liberal coalition won a majority in...

ANKARA: Pakistan and Turkey have pledged to strengthen their cooperation in energy‚ trade‚ finance‚ transportation‚ infrastructure development‚ security‚ education and culture.This was announced by...