Ankara has launched airstrikes targeting alleged “terrorists” in Syria and Iraq Turkey’s military operation against alleged Kurdish “terrorists” in northern Iraq and Syria could be ramped up with a ground component, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. The warning follows attacks on border checkpoints, with three Turkish civilians killed in the latest on Monday,…

Italian security services are monitoring 53 “unofficial” Muslim prayer sites in Rome, concerned about radicalization and terrorism, according to a news report. Improvised prayer spaces have proliferated as the number of Muslim immigrants in the Italian capital grew, opening up in warehouses, garages, apartments, and basements. The authorities tolerate them, even though some are technically…

The global club needs to focus on things which members see eye to eye on, the country’s top diplomat believes The Ukraine conflict should not top the G20’s agenda to the detriment of other pressing global issues, Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard argued on Friday. The top diplomat warned that given the divisive nature of…