The world-famous Irish singer Sinead O'Connor announced that she had accepted Islam and become a Muslim. O'Connor's recitation of the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, went viral on social media.

At least 21 people have been killed by flashfloods -and at least 35 others injured- in Jordan's Dead Sea region, local officials said Friday. Most of those killed were students and teachers whose bus was swept away by the floods during a school trip, Jordan's Civil-Defense Directorate said in a statement. Speaking to reporters, Civil Defense Operations Director Farid al-Sharaa said the students and teachers -along with a number of tourists- had been visiting hot springs in the area.According to ...

Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday against several targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets it said were fired towards the country.Fighter jets and helicopters pounded 80 Hamas targets in Gaza in an operation lasting more than two hours, the Israeli army said in a press release.The army said on its Twitter account that 30 rockets had been fired from Gaza towards Israel since late Friday but 10 were intercepted by its Iron Dome missile defense system.Sirens were heard in Israeli se...

A Turkish free diver on Friday set a new freshwater world record in southwestern Turkey.Sahika Ercumen dove 65 meters down in Burdur's Lake Salada in 1 minute and 58 seconds, breaking the old record of 55 meters in fresh water.

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu meets with Greece's Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas on the sidelines of Kartepe Summit on October 26, 2018 in Kocaeli northern province of Turkey.

Saudi Arabia will not be able to escape the suspicion surrounding the kingdom if it does not answer questions surrounding the death of Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a speech to members of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in Ankara.

A cat jumped onto the stage and showed models how to stroll down the catwalk during a fashion show.

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Friday that the United States has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington.

A graffiti artist in Syria's Idlib is painting the walls of buildings damaged by airstrikes to show solidarity with murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and other reporters who have shared the same fate.For the past two years, Aziz Asmar, a 35-year-old resident of Idlib's Binnish district, has also painted images of the years-long Syria conflict, Palestine, and other issues of regional and international concern.Asmar's latest mural depicts the death of Khashoggi, who was last seen alive aft...

At least 19 people died Thursday in a flash flood near Jordan's Dead Sea, said a local official.

A van left the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul Friday morning after consular staff moved three suitcases and a black plastic bag to the vehicle.

Floods have killed at least six people near Russia's southern Black Sea coast, Interfax and other news agencies reported on Friday (October 26).

Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez meets with German Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier in Ankara on Friday.

Religious groups organized a protest on a main artery in Sao Paulo on Thursday (October 25) to protest the candidacy of Brazil's presidential front-runner, Jair Bolsonaro.

Aerial footage shows the charming snow covered forests in Uludağ mountain, in the northwestern Turkish province of Bursa on Friday.

Six irregular Syrian migrants have lost their lives on Thursday after they were swept by flood while trying to cross to Turkey from its southern border with Syria, according to a security source.

Thousand of people stage a protest against racist and discriminatory policies of the far-right government at the Schweden Square in Vienna, Austria on October 25, 2018.

The European Parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Thursday to Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film-maker jailed in Russia.

A package containing what appeared to be an explosive device was found in a mail box outside the New York residence of billionaire financier George Soros on Monday (October 22), police said.

Rescue teams and heavy equipment have been mobilised across the Northern Mariana Islands after a super typhoon hit the U.S. territory early Thursday (October 24) morning, causing blackouts and damage to critical infrastructure.