Erbil: Heavy explosions were heard Saturday in Erbil in northern Iraq amid escalating regional tensions, according to an Anadolu correspondent. Media reports said at least three explosions were heard near the Erbil International Airport, though no fur…

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday appointed Fahrettin Altun, the former head of the Presidency’s Communications Directorate, as ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican). Altun, who most recently served as chair of the Human Rights…

Ankara: At least 55 people were killed and 40 injured in Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry said Saturday. Six people, including four children and a woman, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Shmustar in…