Ankara is doing "everything possible" to facilitate negotiations between Moscow and Syrian opposition groups to halt the bloodshed in Aleppo, Turkey's premier said in an interview published Wednesday after meeting President Vladimir Putin. "We are doing everything possible to bring about...

Iran was set to sign preliminary agreements with Total and Shell Wednesday to develop major oil and gas fields as it seeks to boost its output, an oil official said. The deals include a $10-12 billion expansion of the South Azadegan oil field and another project at the Yadavaran oil field,...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and one was seriously wounded in a vehicle-borne bomb attack near the ISIS controlled town of al-Bab in northern Syria, broadcaster CNN Turk reported Wednesday. The attack occurred as Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish troops, aircraft and artillery, besieged...

The death toll from a strong earthquake that hit northern Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday has doubled to at least 50, Indonesia's disaster agency said, as rescuers searched dozens of collapsed buildings for trapped survivors. Search and rescue teams used earth movers to clear rubble...