A court in Paris has sentenced Tyler Vilus to 30 years in jail for his role in an Islamic State (IS, terrorist organization, banned in Russia) group execution in Syria, according to French media reports

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that concerns coming from the global community in relation to turning the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque were mere attempts to meddle in the country's internal affairs

Turning the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque may lead to a split between Christians around the world and Turkey, and Athens hopes that Ankara will take this into account and preserve the cultural monument's status, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Thursday

An Istanbul court is expected to deliver a verdict in the case of 11 high-profile human rights activists who face up to 15 years of imprisonment over alleged terrorism charges on July 3, a prominent international human rights watchdog said on Thursday