An attempted attack by Islamic State on a military base in northern Iraq shows Turkey's decision to deploy troops there was justified, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, suggesting Russia was stirring up a row over the issue. But Iraq's military later denied that the...

Turkish police detained senior local officials from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on Friday in a raid on one of its Istanbul offices, party officials said, days after President Tayyip Erdogan said he backed legal action against its members. Riot police and special...

An Istanbul prosecutor responsible for investigating last month’s fatal explosion at an Istanbul airport has denied earlier reports about the blast being caused by mortar rounds. Chief prosecutor Fahmi Tosun said in a statement Thursday that his office did not make any such claims about the...

The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Lebanese financier Ali Youssef Charara and his telecommunications company, saying they supported the militant group Hezbollah. The U.S. action freezes assets of Charara and his company that are in the United States or in the...