The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad.

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People inside Iran tell the BBC why demonstrators are turning out in massive numbers.

There were signs authorities were intensifying their crackdown as protests continued.

Trump seems to believe he makes the rules and others cannot have the same privileges.

Aishat Baimuradova fled her home this year in the hope of living the way she wanted, but she was then found dead in her rented flat.

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Erdogan's critics claim that he has become a latter-day Sultan, dismantling human rights, cracking down on dissent and weaponising the courts.

Litvanya ve Polonya arasındaki Suwałki Koridoru diye bilinen küçük kara parçası sıklıkla askeri uzmanlar tarafından NATO'nun "en zayıf noktası" ve "tehlike bölgesi" diye tanımlanıyor. NATO ve Rusya ar...

A Turkish court has blocked access to Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by the Elon Musk-founded company xAI, after it generated responses that authorities said included insults to President Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkish authorities on Monday detained two cartoonists over a satirical drawing published by weekly magazine Leman that seemed to depict Prophets Moses and Muhammad shaking hands in the sky, while missiles flew below in a scene resembling war.

Hidden away in a mountainside south of Tehran is an enrichment plant that is vital to Iran’s nuclear ambitions - and Israel’s attempts to dismantle them.

BBC Persian's Kasra Naji says his sister is among those who want to know where the conflict with Israel is leading.

Iranian state media says Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami was among those killed in the strikes.

On Tuesday White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt launched an attack on the BBC's coverage of reports that Israeli forces had killed Palestinians near an aid distribution centre in Gaza. She cla...

Western diplomats are looking on with dismay at the killing of hungry Gazans near aid hubs, writes Jeremy Bowen.

Incumbent President Andrzej Duda has been able to block most of the government’s efforts to restore the rule of law. That could change after Sunday’s vote.

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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has relied on social media to stay in touch with supporters from jail.

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The documentarian manages to stay calm and polite as guns are repeatedly pointed at him in the West Bank. Then someone shoves him …

Bilim insanları yıllardır, beklenen büyük Marmara depreminin kesin olarak yaşanacağını söylüyor ve bu depremin her an olabileceğine dikkat çekiyor. Bu depremin Marmara Bölgesi'ni ve yaklaşık 15 milyon...

Kuzey Anadolu Fay Hattı'nın etki alanında yer alan İstanbul, tarih boyunca şehri fiziksel ve sosyal olarak dönüştüren pek çok deprem gördü. Roma İmparatorluğu, Bizans ve ardından Osmanlı dönemleri boy...

Kuzey Anadolu Fay Hattı'nın etki alanında yer alan İstanbul, tarih boyunca şehri fiziksel ve sosyal olarak dönüştüren pek çok deprem gördü. Roma İmparatorluğu, Bizans ve ardından Osmanlı dönemleri boy...

Marmara Denizi'ndeki 6,2 büyüklüğündeki depremin ardından bu sarsıntının İstanbul çevresindeki fay hatlarını nasıl etkileyebileceği merak konusu oldu. Sarsıntının beklenen İstanbul depremi olup olmadı...

Marmara Denizi'ndeki 6,2 büyüklüğündeki depremin ardından bu sarsıntının İstanbul çevresindeki fay hatlarını nasıl etkileyebileceği merak konusu oldu. Sarsıntının beklenen İstanbul depremi olup olmadı...

Buildings in Turkey's largest city have been shaking, with people running out on to the streets, our reporter says.

There are concerns around what democracy could look like and the role of Islam in the new regime.

To save their homes, Ukrainians face a dangerous return through Russia, and pressure to take a Russian passport.

There were scenes of jubilation for women's campaigners outside the Supreme Court as the ruling was read out.

Laurent Vinatier was sentenced to three years in prison in October for violating Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ law

Interviews with five men held in the months after the Hamas attacks reveal allegations of violence and abuse, adding to reports of misconduct by military and prison staff.

The footage was reportedly filmed by a Palestinian paramedic who was killed by Israeli forces along with 14 others in March.

Yasin Akrul says his arrest was a warning to stop others taking pictures of the demonstrations in Turkey.

Journalists now effectively banished say Kremlin’s aim is to make them ‘toxic’ to anyone thinking of speaking to media

Turkey's arrested opposition leader is seen as President Erdogan's most formidable rival.

CHP'nin başlattığı boykot çağrısına destek vermesinin ardından TRT dizisindeki işine son verilen oyuncu Aybüke Pusat'la ilgili paylaşım yapan başka oyuncular da kanaldaki projelerden çıkarıldı.

The youthful energy of street protest is breathing life back into failing progressive parties – and it’s a model that could be applied everywhere, says Turkish journalist and political commentator Ece...

Many belong to former President Bashar al-Assad's sect, which was targeted in mass killings.

While all eyes are on the Middle East and Ukraine, brutality still reigns in many other regions suffering many other conflicts. The world is becoming a more dangerous place. It’s an often-heard sentiment these days, but is it really true? Historical…

The full scale of the humanitarian challenge ahead is emerging as displaced Palestinians return home, writes the BBC's Paul Adams.

Some survivors did not hear a fire alarm and there are claims of failures in the hotel's fire safety.