Three soldiers were killed when an explosion hit a military vehicle in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli on Friday, security sources told Reuters. Turkey's largely Kurdish southeast has been hit by waves of violence in clashes between government security forces and members of...

Russian forces in Syria have fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek improved operational coordination with Moscow, Israel's top-selling newspaper said on Friday. The unsourced report in Yedioth Ahronoth gave no dates...

n">A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude struck Ecuador on Thursday, as the country was still struggling to recover from a deadly quake that killed 587 people, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. n"> The quake's epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) north-northwest of...

Five global public relations firms have made pitches to the Chinese government for a potential new campaign, four sources said, as Beijing tries to communicate more effectively with the West.  The competition by the leading Western PR companies comes amid intensifying...