Two Turkish opposition journalists have been jailed for two years for publishing French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's controversial cover featuring a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.

Two jailed Turkish editors, accused of spying and helping a terrorist group, have told Reuters in a faxed message from prison their arrest was designed to send a warning to journalists.

Syrian President Bashar Assad regrets the shooting down of a Turkish jet by his forces, a Turkish newspaper said today.

Turkey's chief prosecutor today announced charges against 86 people accused of plotting to topple the government.

Two key suspects in the Istanbul suicide bombings, in which 61 people died, took instructions from Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man, newspapers reported today.