By Arshad Mohammed and Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Washington threatened on Wednesday to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political end to a civil war that is spreading across borders. Rebels called for reinforcements to combat an "invasion" by Hezbollah and its Iranian backers, days after Assad's forces launched an offensive against a strategic town that could prove to be a turning point in the war. ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani sharply criticized the country's leadership, opposition website Kaleme said on Thursday, two days after he was disqualified from running in next month's presidential election. "I don't think the country could have been run worse, even if it had been planned in advance," Rafsanjani reportedly told members of his campaign team on Wednesday, the well respected website reported. "I don't want to get stoop to their propaganda and attacks but ignorance is troubling. Don't they understand what they're doing. ...

Turkish Airlines is proud to announce its participation in the new e-Visa program ? an exciting initiative intended to make the visa application process faster and easier for those traveling to Turkey.

ISTANBUL, May 22 (Reuters) - Turkish Airlines said on Wednesday it would raise employees' wages by less thanunion demands and would no longer engage in contract talks,potentially prolonging a strike that it says has so far hadlittle impact on its operations. The civil aviation union Hava-Is, which represents 14,000 ofthe carrier's 15,800 workers, responded by saying its week-longindustrial ...

ISTANBUL, May 22 (Reuters) - An Istanbul court has sentenceda Turkish-Armenian author and blogger to more than a year inprison for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, local media reportedon Wednesday, weeks after a similar case caused alarm amongsecularists. Sevan Nisanyan, who has authored several books and who runsa blog on what he describes as "history, religion and a (little)politics", posted a ...

Former Manchester City and United States international midfielder Claudio Reyna was named as the first director of football for new Major League Soccer (MLS) team New York City Football Club, the team said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) ? A day after New York City FC was born, Claudio Reyna became the team's first employee.