Peter Kenyon

A sharp rise in London's violent crime rate earlier this year brought a shower of media attention. But those working with at-risk youth say such spikes have been happening for years.

Many of the millions of Syrians living as refugees in Turkey have realized they're unlikely to make it home soon. So some of the women are turning their knowledge of Syrian cooking into a business.

The 33-year-old daughter of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, both of whom were poisoned by a rare nerve agent, also pushed back on public comments made by an outspoken cousin in Russia.

Leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia have been meeting in Ankara to discuss the ongoing war in Syria.

The government in Turkey says Turkish forces have taken over the city center of Afrin in northern Syria. An advocacy group says nearly 200,000 people have been displaced by the righting.

The Syrian war has taken a new twist as Kurds have asked for help from Syrian forces to repel Turkish attacks. It's an area where the U.S., Iran and Russia are already on the ground backing various sides.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for more than three hours on Thursday. Recent relations between the U.S. and Turkey have become more strained.

In Syria, the U.S. views Kurdish fighters as allies, but Turkey sees them as terrorists. The U.S. wants Turkey to limit its military offensive against the Kurds without harming U.S.-Turkey relations.

President Trump spoke to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by phone Wednesday. The White House says Trump urged caution as Turkey attacks U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northern Syria.

Monday's emergency meeting follows the launch of Turkey's anti-terror operation in northern Syria. Turkish warplanes and troops attacked Kurdish fighters who have been armed and trained by the U.S.

It's likely President Hassan Rouhani will cite the unrest as a reason for reform while hardliners could use it to justify a crackdown.

Following protests, Hassan Rouhani told his cabinet that Iranians were dissatisfied with more than the economy, and they shouldn't be expected to abide by the views of an aging ruling establishment.

Turkish officials are reacting angrily to a guilty verdict in a trial in New York. The case turned up testimony alleging high-level corruption in Turkey, including bribery that allowed Turks to violate U.S. sanctions on business with Iran.

As protests continue in Iran, the direction the country takes in response will be decided by the country's mix of contending leaders — with varying interests and public constituencies.

The United States and Turkey have long been allies, with Turkey being a critical U.S. ally in the fight against ISIS. But 2017 was one of the most turbulent years in memory for relations between the two countries.

Ask the Trump administration, and Iran is a country not to be trusted. But another U.S. president made a nuclear deal with Iran, and some U.S. allies are eager to do business with the country.

President Trump may have handed Israel a symbolic victory with his recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, but every day in East Jerusalem, Palestinians face pressures to assimilate. With hope for a two-state solution dwindling, more families are applying for Israeli passports, and more Palestinian children are attending schools that teach the official Israeli curriculum.

Israel's prime minister said that Palestinians must "come to grips" with Jerusalem as Israel's capital. President Trump's declaration last week triggered protests in the Middle East.

Relations between the U.S. and its important ally Turkey are getting increasingly worse as a Turkish businessman goes on trial in New York and the Turkish president gets closer to Russia.

As the Syrian conflict grinds on in its seventh year, millions of refugees are hanging on in neighboring countries as refugees. Syrian migration from Turkey to other parts of Europe has dropped, but millions of Syrians are settling in for troubled lives in Istanbul and elsewhere around the country.