President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia's relationship with Turkey had fully recovered after what he called a crisis caused by Ankara's shooting down of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border in 2015. Russia retaliated against Turkey at the time with a slew of economic...

 North Korea Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a U.S. citizen who was lecturing in Pyongyang -- the third American held in the country amid growing tensions with Washington. Kim Sang-Duk, or Tony Kim, was detained at the capital's airport on April 22, as he tried to leave the country...

Iran's reformist former president Mohammad Khatami has skirted a media ban to endorse moderate incumbent Hassan Rouhani for a second term over conservative challengers in a tight May 19 election. Khatami, who during his 1997-2005 presidency oversaw a rapprochement with the West, has been...

A powerful blast targeting a foreign forces convoy near the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul killed at least eight people and wounded 25 Wednesday, officials said, the latest attack in the Afghan capital. Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the toll, telling AFP...