Japanese prosecutors have raided the Tokyo home of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn after he skipped bail before a trial on financial misconduct charges and left for Lebanon.

His head bowed and hands clasped in front of him, Pope Francis stood today for two minutes of silent prayer facing east inside one of Istanbul’s most important mosques, as he shifted gears toward more religious affairs on the second leg of his three-day visit to mainly Muslim Turkey.

An Afghan plane skidded off the runway at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport today and came to a halt after being dragged for about 50 yards on its right wing, reports said.

A Turkish court today released a British couple who were imprisoned for attempting to smuggle heroin out of the country after they helped police catch the Turkish man they said forced them to traffic the drug, a lawyer said.