The European Union‘s anti-migrant smuggling mission in the Mediterranean, Operation Sophia, is actually helping people traffickers, the German government has admitted, dpa reports.

Turkish police have detained around 800 people in operations targeting alleged members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the largest crackdown on the terrorist group thus far.

Germany will seek common ground “wherever possible” with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday, despite differences over Trump’s entry ban for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.

A constitutional reform package that introduces an executive presidency in Turkey was sent to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for approval on Thursday, 12 days after Parliament passed the legislation.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he wants to hold a referendum on his conflict-torn country joining NATO, in comments to a German newspaper published Thursday, AFP reports.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have agreed on April 9 for a referendum on a constitutional amendment package that significantly expands Erdoğan’s powers.

War with the US under Donald Trump is “not just a slogan” and becoming a “practical reality”, a senior Chinese military official has said.

After Turkey expressed anger over a verdict from the Greek Supreme Court on Thursday denying the extradition of eight servicemen who were allegedly involved in an attempted coup in Turkey last July, the Greek Prime Ministry issued a statement on...