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 …
Vandals desecrated 20 graves of Christians, including natives of Russia, at the cemetery of Ankara, News.am reports citing Hurriyet Daily, According to the newspaper, six teens smashed gravestones. Some of the plates with …
Russian Ambassador to Turkey Aleksei Erkhov said that he has been threatened over escalation in Syria's province of Idlib. He stressed that the escalation in Idlib has triggered anti-Russian sentiment on Turkish …
Prosecutors in China have brought criminal charges against a 59-year-old man who strapped on firecrackers and doused himself with gasoline to defy a ban on public gatherings during a coronavirus epidemic. The resident of the …
An individual accused of spying for the CIA in Iran has been sentenced to death, Iran's judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Ismaili said. He added that the Supreme Court has upheld the capital punishment for the U.S. …
Five people have been arrested in Kazakhstan on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack in a public space, the country's National Security Committee said. They were detained in the cities of Karaganda and Taraz. All …
Police detained 40 former police over alleged links to the FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup attempt in Turkey, security sources said. The expelled police members were detained in the Konya, Gaziantep, Kayseri, …
Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who was detained on a visit to China in 2018, was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for bribery. Meng was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison and fined two …
Fokker, a member of the UK-based GKN Aerospace, is ready to provide requisite support in the investigation of the passenger jet crash in Kazakhstan, press service of GKN Aerospace said. "We are aware of an incident involving …
Israel‘s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will ask for immunity from corruption charges in a move that could delay his trial for months. The request to parliament is expected to put the trial on hold …
Turkish police detained seven people in an investigation into how ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn transited through Istanbul en route to Lebanon after fleeing Japan, a police spokeswoman said. According to her, the other detainees were …
The European Union is opposed to the use of capital punishment in the case of the murder o journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to the statement by the EU spokesperson. At the same time, Brussels reiterates the need to fully …
Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death and three more to jail terms totaling 24 years over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October last year. Saudi Deputy Public Prosecutor and spokesman Shalaan …
Two French academics detained in Iran for six months have lost a bid to be released on bail and their case will now go before the Revolutionary Court, Iranian media reported. Roland Marchal, a researcher at Sciences Po in Paris, …
At least two Turkish soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded today while attempting to defuse an improvised explosive device. The device exploded in a village near the town of Idil, Turkey's Sirnak province, according to …
The International Nursultan Nazarbayev Airport said a shooting was heard on the territory of the airport. "Police started investigation. Details of the investigation today can not be reported," AKIpress cited the …
