Turkey's Interior Minister confirms that 11 people died in yesterday's blast in Sultanahnet -- ten people plus the suicide bomber himself.
A further 11 people are still in hospital after being wounded in the attack. Nine of those are Germans and two are in a critical condition.
Turkey's Interior Minister says that the suicide bomber who carried out yesterday's attack in the Sultanahnet district was not being tracked by police.
The January 12 suicide bombing in Istanbul's Sultanahnet district was the deadliest attack on Germans abroad in 13 years, CNN reports.
The attack killed ten people, at least eight of whom were Germans, according to CNN.
Turkey's Interior Minister Ala says one person has been detained over the bombing in Sultanahmet.
Turkey's interior Minister Efkan Ala is holding a joint press conference with his German counterpart Thomas de Maiziere in Istanbul.
Ala says that nine of those wounded in yesterday's suicide bombing in Istanbul are Germans. Two are in critical condition.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has reacted to remarks made yesterday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Moscow was seeking to create a "boutique state" in Syria's Latakia province.
A source in the Foreign Ministry said that the remarks were "utter nonsense."
Russia had for years insisted that "Syria should be a sovereign, democratic, secular and integrated state," the source added.
Turkey is investigating how a militant from Syria managed to carry out a suicide attack killing mainly German tourists yesterday.
The Daily Sabah newspaper said that the bomber, identified as 28-year-old Nabil Fadli, entered Turkey as a refugee on January 5. He was fingerprinted by the Turkish migration service, which is apparently why the authorities were able to identify him so soon after the attack.
The Daily Telegraph's Louisa Loveluck says her contact in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya has said that people there are scared that hunger will return soon.
The Denmark-based Risk Intelligence group estimates that last week's attacks by the IS group on Libya's oil terminals destroyed over $1 billion of infrastructure and oil.
Ibrahim Jadhran, the leader of Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) militia, which repelled attacks last week by the IS group on oil ports including Sidra and Ras Lanuf, has said that huge damage has been inflicted on the country's oil infrastructure.
Jadhran also called for support for the PFG, saying that only his forces are present in the oil crescent.