A shootout has taken place at the Azerbaijani-Iranian border, according to joint statement from the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Border Service of Azerbaijan. According to the statement, one person was wounded. …
Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariev has been arrested as part of a widening investigation into alleged corruption during the development of the Kumtor gold-mine project. The State Committee for National Security (UKMK) says …
Uzbekistan's Supreme Court has sentenced 17 men to various jail terms and fines over the embezzlement, negligence, violation of engineering works over the Sardoba dam burst in central Syrdarya region last year, the Supreme Court press service …
The shocking incident was filmed on Tunisair flight TU216 at Istanbul Airport in Turkey before the plane was meant to head to Tunis-Carthage International Airport in Tunisia on April 10. Footage shows a mass brawl which …
Moscow expects Turkey will share information about those who instigated and organized the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the Turkish court’s …
A court in Ankara sentenced five people to life sentence over the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov. The court found Salih Yilmaz guilty of "ordering" Mevlut Mert Altintas to kill Karlov, sentencing …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday to corruption charges at the resumption of his trial, six weeks before voters again head to the polls to pass judgment on his leadership. "I confirm the written …
Istanbul court arrested a man Tuesday, who attacked three Russian nationals in the Besiktas district, local media reported. According to the report, the arrested is charged with attempted murder. Late on January 24, an …
Iran convicted an American businessman on a spying charge and sentenced him to 10 years in prison weeks after the U.S. election. A family friend of Iranian-American Emad Shargi, 56, said he was called to court on Nov. 30, …
Iran has asked Interpol to issue "red notices" for the arrest of four individuals allegedly involved in the November killing of prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, police spokesman Mehdi Hajian said Monday. …
Turkish police and intelligence service arrested 35 Iraqi nationals in the capital Ankara on Tuesday over their alleged links to the ISIS terror group (banned in Russia), according to security sources. The provincial police in Ankara …
Turkish authorities on Friday issued arrest warrants for 38 people, including on-duty and former military staff, over their suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, …
Gendarmerie forces in northwestern Turkey rounded up a group of eight asylum seekers on Thursday who were trying to make their way across the border to neighboring Bulgaria, Anadolu agency reports. The asylum seekers, all of whom were …
A total of 18 ISIS (a terrorist group banned in Russia) linked suspects were detained early Wednesday in an operation against the terrorist group in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. Teams of the Istanbul police’s …
Iranian intelligence services did not rule out the possible killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, but didn't take it seriously, secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said. …
An attack on a jail compound in the Afghan city of Jalalabad killed at least three people and injured dozens, triggering heavy fighting in which scores of prisoners escaped, an official said. Sohrab Qaderi, a provincial council …
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called the prison sentence handed down on German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel an "absolutely wrong signal" and "does not help build confidence in the implementation of the principles of …
Turkey has arrested four spies working on behalf of France, Daily Sabah reported. According to the investigation by the journalists, the four suspects were collecting information about the inner workings of conservative …
A school security guard injured at least 40 people in a knife attack at a kindergarten in southern China on Thursday morning, local time, state media reported. The motive for the brutal attack remains unknown, Yahoo News …
Kazakh National Security Committee officers have detained two suspected extremists in Almaty who were planning terrorist attacks in crowded places, the committee said. According to the Kazakh authorities, the suspects were detained on …
