(VOVworld) – On Wednesday US President Barack Obama sent Congress his long-awaited formal request to authorise military force against the Islamic State, calling the IS a threat to the people and stability of...
(VOVworld) – The 45th World Economic Forum will take place in Davos, Switzerland, from January 21 to 24. Themed “New Global Context”, the forum will seek new approaches to ensure sustainable...
(VOVworld) - Up to 700 Turkish nationals have joined the Islamic State (IS), creating a risk of terrorist attacks inside Turkey if they return home
(VOVworld) - A wanted partner of hostage taker Amedy Coulibaly involved in last week's attacks in Paris crossed into Syria from Turkey on Thursday
(VOVworld) - Iraq and Turkey have pledged to join forces to fight Islamic State (IS) militants who are seizing large areas of Iraq and Syria
(VOVworld) – The bloody terrorist attack by the Pakistani Taliban on a school in Peshawar, north-eastern Pakistan, aroused strong criticism from all over the world
(VOVworld) - The foreign ministers of Iran, Syria and Iraq met in Tehran on Tuesday and pledged to work together to battle radical Sunni militants, Syrian and Iranian state media reported
(VOVworld) – Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Venezuela, and Spain won non-permanent seats at the UN Security Council after a poll on Thursday
(VOVworld) – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has been named the new Prime Minister replacing Tayyip Erdogan
(VOVworld) – Top German and Turkish intelligence officials will meet to discuss reports that Berlin has been eavesdropping on Ankara
9 people have been arrested in Turkey in connection with twin car bombings that killed at least 46 people and wounded more than 100 people in a town close to the...
At least 43 people were killed and 100 others injured after explosions shook a Turkish town on Saturday near the border with Syria, Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday that Turkey has barred its air space to Syrian civilian flights
Iraq’s fugitive Sunni vice-president Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced on Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fuelled sectarian tensions...
(VOVworld) – Turkey on Monday accused Syria of opening fire on a second Turkish plane that was searching for the wreckage of a jet earlier shot down by Syria. The move has...
UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Saturday raised his "deep concern" about the impact of Syria's shooting down of a Turkish fighter jet with Turkey's foreign minister
Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Abdullatif al-Zayani said on Friday that all six Arab Gulf states will close their embassies in Syria in protest at the year-long unrest...
(VOVworld) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League and the UN are considering sending a joint mission to Syria