MOSCOW (Reuters)- The Kremlin Wednesday said ties with the U.S. could not get any worse under next Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, after the sacking of Rex Tillerson. "It's hardly possible to fall below the floor, so it is unlikely things will get any worse in this regard," presidential...

ANKARA (Reuters)- Turkish Recep President Tayyip Wednesday threatened to soon crush militants in northern Iraq, after his foreign minister last week said Ankara and Baghdad would carry out a joint offensive against Kurdish militants in Iraq. "We are checking the terror nests in northern...

MOSCOW (Reuters)- Russia will speed up initial deliveries of S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries to Turkey, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday, speaking at a press conference in Moscow together with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. Russia and Turkey...

MOSCOW: Turkey wants to a continue a relationship of understanding with incoming U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, but the CIA chief must learn that Ankara needs to be respected, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday. At a news conference in Moscow with his Russian...