The last time U.S. Vice President Joe Biden flew to Turkey, in January, he had a stern message for President Tayyip Erdogan: his model of Islamic democracy was setting a bad example by intimidating media and threatening academics. But his tone was markedly different when he arrived in...

 A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots toward an Iranian fast-attack craft that approached two U.S. ships, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday, in the most serious of a number of incidents in the Gulf area this week. "They did feel compelled ultimately to fire three warning shots and the...

Turkish stocks opened higher on Thursday as global markets wait for clues from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole meeting on Friday as to the outlook for international monetary policy. Borsa Istanbul’s BIST-100 share index rose 348.04 points (0.46 percent) to 76,464.35 at the...

The German military is preparing for a possible withdrawal of six Tornado reconnaissance jets from Turkey's Incirlik Air Base given Ankara's continued refusal to allow German lawmakers to visit the facility, Der Spiegel magazine reported Thursday. The magazine said the German Bundeswehr was...