Several thousand people rallied on Saturday on the streets of Sapporo, Japan, to protest against G8 summit next week.

Factories in Tianjin near Beijing are ordered to close in an attempt to improve air quality a month before the Olympic Games.

Russia warned that a "new war" could break out in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia if Tbilisi uses forces.

At least 25 inmates of a jail near the Syrian capital Damascus have been killed by security forces during a prison riot

At least 35,000 people gathered in Seoul on Saturday for protests against the new president's US beef import deal

The President of the Turkish Football Federation Hasan Dogan died after the heart attack that he had today in the holiday district of Turkey, Bodrum.

Four out of 21prominent Turks detained under a police investigation into coup allegations have been formally arrested, including a leading businessman

Protests have begun on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of Monday's summit of the Group of Eight (G8) developed nations.

Chelsea football owner admits to paying billions of dollars for political favours and protection fees to amass his fortune

A white paper on the state of suicide in Japan has been compiled by a group of scholars, highlighting risk factors that contribute to Japan's high number of suicides.

Authorities in India imposed a curfew after two people were killed and several wounded in clashes among Hindus, Muslims and the police.

Silvio Berlusconi's government targets the Roma people - including children - as part of its promised crackdown on crime

Iran says its nuclear programme is solely aimed at generating electricity so that it can sell more of its oil and gas

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 shook northern Japan on Saturday

Iran's oil minister said any military attack aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear work will push crude prices to "unpredictable" highs

At least five people have been killed in an explosion in north-western Yemen, according to news reports.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan arrived in Malaysia on Saturday.

A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum.

Superspook Alex Allan may have been an assassination target of the Russians or al-Qaeda, security experts said last night.

On June 27, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a landmark 9-0 ruling that will have wide implications on free speech in Canada.

Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean.

Lebanon is reported to be on the verge of announcing the formation of a new government, following months of political deadlock.

Thousands of people came to the meeting arranged by the NGOs of Konya city of Turkey and the “Ortak Akıl Hareketi” ( Common Mind Movement) to protest the “coup” attempts in Turkey.

The President of Pakistan, Musharraf said that he would die in Pakistan and stressed on harmonious and cohesive co-existence between all, a step that requires great ethical courage.

Istanbul has been promoted to prominent guests from several countries, the promotion directorate general of Turkey said on Saturday.

The former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev stresses on the issue that the next U.S. president will have to decide whether America will be an empire or a democracy.

The National Park Service is considering reopening Lady Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Ret. Gen. Sener Eruygur, chairman of Kemalist Thought Association (ADD), was taken Saturday to the court house in Istanbul under the Ergenekon probe.

The real estate business is expecting property sales to increase after Parliament passed a law on Thursday overturning a Constitutional Court decision that prevented real estate sales to foreigners.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul met on Saturday with Turkish businessmen in Kazakhstan, where he would attend ceremonies to mark the 10th anniversary of proclamation of Astana as the capital.

In a defense statement presented to the Constitutional Court on Thursday, the governing party said shutting down a political party is equivalent to hanging politicians.

An Afghan parliamentarian was shot dead by two gunmen near his residence in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.

Some members of the politically powerful TSK neither approved of the latest detentions of former senior-level generals nor been happy about the silence of their top active commanders over this development.

US firms cut workers for a sixth month in June, official figures show, stoking fears that the world's largest economy was heading towards a recession

A Nigerian state asks for compensation for damage allegedly caused by mining firms.

On 12 May, a devastating earthquake hit the Chinese province of Sichuan, leaving 90,000 people dead or missing.

It has long been the case that Turkish pop songs, or basically most of the songs that we hear in the popular genres of Turkish music, no longer tell us stories.

Intellectuals, writers, social scientists and politicians met yesterday under the umbrella of the Abant Platform to discuss Turkey's "Kurdish problem" in the hope of creating a peaceful future.

Colombia releases video of the audacious raid that freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt, as she returns to France.

Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t.