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A groundbreaking ceremony was held in southern province of Mersin for the Turkish Cyprus Water Supply Project on Oct. 13. Work on the project that foresees 75 million cubic...

President Vladimir Putin’s loyalists swept to victory in most local election races held across Russia, early results showed Monday, while independent observers said the vote was marred by widespread...

A plane enroute from Armenia to Syria has been grounded at an airport in Turkey's eastern province. A plane enroute from Armenia to Syria has been grounded at an airport in Turkey's eastern province of Erzurum to...

Why can't Pakistanis condemn the Taliban for shooting a 14-year-old girl? On Oct. 9, masked Taliban gunmen stopped Malala Yusufzai, a 14-year-old Pushtun girl from Pakistan's scenic Swat area,...

In November 1929, days after a stock market crash in New York sent shock waves through the global financial system, the Economist optimistically assured its British readers, "The material prosperity of the...

The case against long hours. Declinists, get ready to fret: Sometime this past summer, the average net worth of Canadianssurpassed that of Americans. Adding insult to injury, Canadians have universal...

Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of...

Turkish viewers have heavily criticized the outdated portrayal ofIstanbul in the recent Hollywood hit “Taken 2,” prompting a stinging rebuttal from the film’s Turkish distributor. Viewers sent endless complaints to...

International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called on Monday for a temporary ceasefire in Syria during the four-day Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday later this month, a statement said. "Lakhdar Brahimi...

Turkey's economy added 545 thousand jobs in July 2012, the country's statistics authority said Monday. The jobless rate dropped by 0.7 point to 8.4 percent in July 2012 from...