Turkish Airlines chief executive Bilal Eksi said he expected the ban on large electronic devices from the cabin of United States-bound flights from certain countries to be lifted on July 5. "We expect the electronic device ban applied to American flights to be lifted on Wednesday July 5,"...

The captain of a Turkish freighter said on Monday that the Greek coast guard had fired on his vessel after he refused an order to dock at a port on the Greek island of Rhodes. Turkey said the action was "disproportionate" and showed no regard for human life. "There is no justification...

The U.S. military has carried out an air strike in Somalia against al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked militant insurgency that wants to overthrow Somalia's weak U.N.-backed government, U.S. officials said Monday. The strike took place at 1130 GMT on July 2, the Pentagon said. It did not disclose...

A top officer aboard the U.S. Navy's largest warship, which is deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, said Monday his forces were wary of "tensions" and ready to strike allies of Syria's regime. The USS George H.W. Bush, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has been a leading part of the...