Middle East latest: Israeli strike kills at least 10 people in the West Bank, officials say

Palestinian health authorities said an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank killed at least 10 people late Wednesday, as Israeli forces have carried out a major crackdown in the occupied territory during the ceasefire in Gaza. Israel's military said a fighter jet targeted a...

Turkey detains journalists and replaces elected mayor amid crackdown on opposition

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have detained a prominent investigative journalist and four of his colleagues and replaced an elected pro- Kurdish mayor with a state appointee on Wednesday, escalating a recent government crackdown on the opposition and dissenting voices. ...

Apartment building collapses in central Turkey, killing 2 people

ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescuers pulled the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and a man believed to be her husband from under a collapsed apartment building in central Turkey on Saturday, state-run media said. Three other people were rescued from the wreckage and were being treated in a...

At least 5 people are trapped after a building collapses in central Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A search and rescue operation was underway in central Turkey on Friday after a four-story building collapsed, trapping at least five people inside, officials said. The cause of the collapse in the city of Konya, some 260 kilometers (160 miles) south of the...

Waitress dies from Turkish ski resort blaze, one of 78 lives lost as concerns over safety revive

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A waitress who was in serious condition after jumping out of a burning hotel at a popular ski resort has succumbed to her injuries, officials and reports said Thursday, becoming the latest victim of a tragedy that has shocked the nation and revived concerns over lax safety...

Witnesses describe chaos and panic at Turkish ski resort as fire ripped through hotel where 79 died

KARTALKAYA, Turkey (AP) — As flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey, friends Esra Karakisa and Halime Cetin watched helplessly as the horror unfolded before them. Some people were leaning out of smoke-filled rooms pleading for help, while others made...

Turkey arrests leader of far-right party on charges of inciting violence through social media

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested the leader of a far-right opposition party on charges of inciting violence through a series of anti-refugee posts on social media, his party said. Umit Ozdag, the leader of Turkey's anti-immigrant Victory Party, was...

Officials says a fire at a ski resort hotel in northwest Turkey kills at least 10 people and injures another 32

Leaders in ethnically divided Cyprus fail to reach deal on new crossing points

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A meeting between the two leaders in ethnically divided Cyprus ended without an agreement on Monday, with both sides failing to reach a decision on a deal aimed at building trust that included opening new crossing points across a U.N.-controlled buffer zone. ...

What to know about the latest effort to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Talks between politicians from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party and jailed Kurdish leaders have been gathering steam as they try to end 40 years of fighting between the state and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. The latest peace effort comes at a time of...