The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been agreed to be independent of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow on Thursday.The decision was made during a meeting held at the Fener Greek Patriarchate in Istanbul, a bishop said.Metropolitan Emmanuel of France told the media the Ukrainian church's independence request was approved.

The trial of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who is facing terrorism-related chargers in Turkey, will resume on Friday in western Izmir province, according to judicial sources.

Jeffrey Hovenier, US charge d'affaires in Turkey, visits pastor Andrew Craig Brunson who is under house arrest in Turkey's western Izmir province on October 11, 2018.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is welcomed by his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed with an official ceremony at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 11, 2018.

As the survivors resumed their lives, joining morning exercise drills in the sand yard of the two-storey Al Falah primary school, or attending classes in wheelchairs alongside peers seated at wooden desks, other students said they feared more attacks in the war-torn country. Saudi Arabia, which leads a coalition of Arab states fighting against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls north Yemen, said last month that the coalition accepted that the attack had killed dozens of people, inclu...

Fresh footage obtained by Anadolu Agency shows putschists martyring a civilian during a deadly coup attempt staged by Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) in Turkey on July 15, 2016.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received chairwoman of Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan at Presidential Complex in Ankara on October 11, 2018. -

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu meets with President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim in Baghdad on Thursday.

Five Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists who opened fire at security forces in Turkey's eastern Muş province despite warnings, have been killed in a clash on Wednesday. Two female terrorists were among those killed during the clash.

A booster rocket carrying a Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian and U.S. astronaut on board headed for the International Space Station failed mid-air on Thursday, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing.

Destructive Category 4 Hurricane Michael made landfall near the Mexico Beach in southeastern U.S. state of Florida on early Wednesday afternoon.

One was killed and four others injured at a blast in Iraq's northern Kirkuk province on October 11, 2018.

Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak visited Indonesia's city of Palu, which was hit by an earthquake and a tsunami.

Palestinians performed a traditional folk dance called 'Dabke' at the 'Great March of Return' demonstration area during an event, based on Palestinian cultural legacy, organised by a Palestinian committee in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 10, 2018.

Japanese war-drummer dance group Masa-Daiko Community performs in Turkey's central Kırşehir province on October 10, 2018. .

Turkish police seized more than 100 kilograms of heroin in Turkey's eastern Van province on Thursday.

The Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100, which was on an internal flight, landed in the region of Sakha in the early hours of Wednesday, but then came off the runway for some reason, the transport ministry said. Footage showed the rear wheels of the aircraft had collapsed in the accident.

Former President of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Masoud Barzani and Erbil Governor Nawzad Hadi attended the opening of the 13th annual Erbil Internationl Book Fair on Wednesday in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq's Kurdish region.

Two sunken fishing boats emerged after a fall in water levels by 150 meters due to seasonal conditions at Lake Van, the largest lake in Turkey.

At least 50 people died in a bus crash on Wednesday between Kenya's capital Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu, police told the Daily Nation newspaper.