A U.S. delegation has asked Turkey for information and evidence regarding consular staff whose detention has led to a diplomatic rift and suspension of visa services, private HaberTurk television channel reported on Wednesday. Two locally employed U.S. mission staff have been arrested...

Israel's government decided Tuesday not to negotiate with a Palestinian unity government that includes Hamas if the Islamist movement does not disarm, recognize the country and give up violence. The decision by the security cabinet, announced in a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Twelve people were wounded when a bomb hit a police vehicle in Turkey’s southern Mersin province on Tuesday, broadcaster NTV said, an attack authorities described as the work of terrorists. The attack took place on the street where the local governor’s office is...

BAGHDAD/KIRKUK (Reuters) - The Baghdad government recaptured territory from Kurds across the breadth of northern Iraq on Tuesday, making startlingly rapid gains in a sudden campaign that has shifted the balance of power in the country almost overnight. In the second day of a lightning...