ANKARA: Jeff Monson, a world-renowned mixed martial arts fighter who converted to Islam in June, performed his first Friday prayer at the Turkish Grand National Assembly mosque.

Monson expressed his contentment after the prayer. “It was a spiritual e…

ANKARA: Egypt stressed on Saturday the urgency of an immediate cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, in a joint press conference with his French counterpart Step…

ISTANBUL: A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula late on Saturday, according to local media.

“The magnitude stood at 7.0. The earthquake’s intensity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (regional administra…