JOHANNESBURG: South African novelist Deon Meyer wished the deadly virus wreaking havoc in his 2016 thriller “Fever” had not turned into an eerily accurate...
ROSENDAL, South Africa: The sun rises over the South African bush as scientists laden with backpacks climb a hillside. They get down to work, carving into two...
LUANDA: In Mabor, a dusty and neglected corner of Luanda, the sound of a catchy beat rising means only one thing to the area’s youngsters: Time to dance the...
STELLENBOSCH, South Africa: Looking out at his 50-hectare estate in a valley nestled below the Helderberg mountains, winemaker Ken Forrester beams with pride...
BARAGWANATH, South Africa: Like an aviator from another century, Lita Oppegard, 68, climbs out of her biplane on a grass airstrip near Johannesburg – one more...
ISTANBUL: Over 500 years old, surviving fire and earthquakes, it welcomes up to 400,000 people a day and takes pride in being the world’s most-visited...
ISTANBUL: For Ankara, ISIS is an officially listed terrorist organization that poses an immediate threat to Turkish territory. But for critics, Turkey...
ISTANBUL: Long criticized by its allies for taking too soft a line against militants, Turkey is taking firmer action against ISIS on the border with Syria...
ISTANBUL: His June election setback sparked headlines proclaiming “the beginning of the end.” But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fighting back,...
ISTANBUL: “My grandparents were killed here. My mother escaped with her two brothers,” said Gerard Bodigoff, 70, as he made his first visit to Turkey and the...
Istanbul: Turkey has lost the battle with truth over its refusal to acknowledge the mass killings of Armenians during World War I as genocide, a Turkish...
SOMA, Turkey: Dozens of suspects will stand trial Monday over the mining disaster last year in the Turkish town of Soma that left 301 miners dead and...
ISTANBUL: Submerged in his new novel, Turkey’s Nobel prize laureate Orhan Pamuk gazes out over Istanbul – the main protagonist of his books – keeping a...
ISTANBUL: From the outside, it looks like any other automatic bank machine on the streets of Istanbul. But rather than notes, this one distributes small...
ISTANBUL: It hardly seems the gateway to a new life of safety and prosperity: an office tucked away in a gray apartment block in Istanbul. Yet every day,...
MARDIN, Turkey: In a small village in the southeast of Turkey stand two Assyrian churches, one a thousand years old, the other modern, signs of both the...
YUMURTALIK, Turkey: Osmane Sero has been at it since dawn, pacing back and forth in front of a line of Turkish police by the Syrian border. Clutched in his...
SOMA, turkey: Turkish riot police fired tear gas Friday at thousands of protesters at the scene of a disaster that killed nearly 300 miners, as the government...
ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Friday ordered the immediate release of ex-military chief Ilker Basbug who was sentenced to life in prison last year for plotting...
ISTANBUL: Western leaders have hailed a decision by Syria's opposition to attend an international peace conference next week alongside representatives of a...
ISTANBUL: Syria's exiled opposition is due to finally decide Saturday whether to join international peace talks next week after Damascus offered...
ISTANBUL: The divided Syrian opposition meets Friday to decide whether to join landmark talks next week aimed at ending almost three years of brutal conflict,...
ISTANBUL: Connections often break down, power cuts are frequent and no one rings when the radio show host invites listeners to call in with comments.But the...
ISTANBUL: Syria's splintered opposition coalition insisted Saturday it would not go to peace talks in Geneva unless pressure was brought to bear on...
ISTANBUL: Thousands of protesters in Istanbul were celebrating victory early Sunday after police withdrew from the square at the centre of one of the largest...