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Turkey offers US joint Syria operation, without the Kurds
'We are completely ready. Not us, but the US is responsible for the delay' Cavasoglu says
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Migrant deal off if no visa-free travel, Turkey warns EU
'This is not a threat but what is required from an agreement' Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says
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Trump gets warm welcome at veterans biker rally
'I will protect every bit of the Second Amendment right to bear arms' says Donald Trump
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Five UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack: UN, police sources
Police source indicated a group of Togolese peacekeepers came across a mine and a terrorist attack
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Being transgender: facts, myths and rights
The term 'transgender' refers to people whose gender identity is different than the sex assigned to them
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Crocodile takes woman during night swim in Australia
'The woman was swimming with a female friend, also in her 40s, at 10.30pm when the incident occurred' police say
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Stay or go? Brexit activists battle it out
Sheila Hawkins tried to persuade workers on their lunchbreak that leaving EU in the June 23 vote would be a "disaster"
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Two people, including one suspect, dead in Houston shooting: police
The wounded suspect was transported to a nearby hospital
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Jordan's King Abdullah dissolves parliament, names caretaker PM
The king accepted the resignation of PM Abdullah Ensour before appointing Hani Mulqi by royal decree
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Saudi FM slams Iran hajj conditions as 'unacceptable'
Tehran said earlier on Sunday Iranians will miss the pilgrimage this year to Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia
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New Turkish government passes parliament confidence vote
Yildirim described his new administration as "the government of 79 million Turks" in a short speech to parliament
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Iran demands social media hand over data on its citizens
The measure will affect Telegram, an instant messaging app with more than 20 million users in the Islamic republic
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17 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly
35 people were at the home when the fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday
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Nepalese runner wins world's highest marathon
Local soldier Bed Bahadur Sunuwar took first place, completing the 42-kilometre run in four hours and 10 seconds
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Thousands flee Islamic State offensive in northern Syria
At least 29 civilians have been killed since IS launched the assault early on Friday
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10 killed in Bangladesh local election violence
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling Awami League is looking to tighten its grip on power in the polls
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Muslim mob strip, parade naked 70-year-old Christian woman in Egypt
The woman accuses three Muslim men of stripping her and dragging her in front of her house
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Iran not to send Hajj pilgrims, blames Saudi
Iranian pilgrims will unfortunately not be able to take part in hajj, says Culture Minister Ali Jannati
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Pakistani migrant debarred from taking medical test in India
Two years after arriving in Jaipur from Sindh, Mashal faces citizenship barrier in realising her dream to be a doctor
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Earth-like planet may support human life
Scientists believe Kepler 62f is a strong candidate for a habitable planet
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Israel's first transgender beauty pageant unites Muslims, Christians and Jews
Carolin Khoury, a Muslim contestant, hopes Friday's contest will 'send a message to the Arab communities'
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Python bites Thai man's penis in terrifying toilet encounter
He can urinate as normal and his pain from the wound has reduced, a supervisor at the hospital says
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Iran arrests eight for ‘obscene’ music videos
Arrests come days after more than 30 students who partied at a graduation ceremony were arrested and given 99 lashes
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NASA inflates spare room in space
NASA on Saturday successfully expanded and pressurized an add-on room at the International Space Station
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Chai stirred into Silicon Valley coffee culture
Chai has been growing in popularity in San Francisco and nearby Silicon Valley
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Pakistan could abandon Afghan projects, says official
Harassment of Pakistani nationals, who are working on various projects, is now common, says Pakistani official
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Indonesia's bid to probe massacres sparks backlash
Police and the military have rounded up people for allegedly spreading communism through logos on T-shirts
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World's longest rail tunnel sees light at end of decades' wait
Constructing the 57-kilometre tunnel took just over $12 billion and some 2,400 workers
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US zoo kills gorilla after boy falls into enclosure
'The gorilla was shot because a tranquilizer would not have taken effect immediately' zoo director Maynard
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Trump or not, 'big data' could be huge in 2016 vote
Analysts say he may be at a disadvantage in the general election if he stays on the same course
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Brexit: A long, complicated divorce
London would have to negotiate the status of the two million Britons living or working in the EU
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Accused Italian marine returns home from India
The newly reunited family was expected to travel straight on to Bari in southern Italy
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Nine children, two adults struck by lightning in Paris
Three children and one adult are in a critical condition, says official
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Pope meets children, says migrants "not dangerous, but in danger"
The meeting followed a surge in migrant traffic this week, with more than 14,000 saved from overcrowded boats
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Iraq elite forces take position around Fallujah
Fallujah is one of the two remaining major Iraqi cities still controlled by IS
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Chinese firm behind racist detergent ad tells critics to lighten up
Commercial shows a black man transforming into a fair-skinned Asian after being stuffed into a washing machine
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Doctor Heimlich uses first-aid manoeuvre to save woman choking on food at his nursing home
The doctor, who leapt into action in the middle of the evening meal, developed the first aid technique back in 1974
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China's richest man declares war on Disney with giant theme park
Wang said he was setting his sights on Disney, which in June will open its first theme park on the mainland
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Muslims in Turkey demand right to pray at Hagia Sophia
After the Ottoman Empire crumbled, the mosque was transformed into a museum in 1935
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Michelle Obama becomes first-ever first lady to visit Pakistan Embassy in DC
Visit comes at a time when relations between Pakistan and US are strained in the aftermath of a US drone strike
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Hajj row escalates as Iran and Saudi Arabia miss new deal
The dispute has provided another arena for discord between the two countries
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15 happiest, richest, healthiest, and safest countries in the world
Can you guess how Pakistan fared?
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Mobile phone usage linked to cancer, reveals groundbreaking study
Study is believed to be one of the largest and most detailed analysis of mobile phones and cancers
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Iran's Khamenei warns of Western 'schemes' as new MPs meet
Khamene repeated his call for loyalty to the principles of 1979 revolution and resistance against Western infiltration
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Saudi cleric bans people from taking selfies with cats
Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan says taking pictures is prohibited if not for a necessity
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Malaysia accepts 68 Syrian refugees
Last December, the Southeast Asian country accepted the first batch of 11 migrants who had relatives in Malaysia
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Outrage in multi-ethnic Malaysia as government backs Islamic law
The Islamic penal code includes amputations and stoning, shocking some allies and stoking fears of further strains
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Sri Lanka says 100 missing in landslides are dead
DMC says 67 bodies have been recovered from the worst hit central district of Kegalle
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Olympics should move due to Zika concerns, say 150 experts
'The Brazilian strain of Zika virus harms health in ways that science has not observed before' experts
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Turkey enraged by 'unacceptable' US backing of Kurdish militia
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused the United States of 'hypocrisy' and 'double standards'

















































