Arab countries will join the Middle East Quartet in New York at the end of September to seek ways to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the EU's top diplomat said on Friday, part of a new European diplomatic initiative. Encouraged by Europe's role in...

 The Turkish parliament approved Thursday a motion to extend the mandate authorizing the Turkish Armed Forces to take military action in Syria and Iraq. The motion extends mandate allowing Turkish army for cross border operations against "terrorist threats" and permitting foreign forces to...

Kurdish militants set off a roadside bomb that killed four Turkish police officers as they traveled in an armored vehicle in the southeast of the country on Thursday, officials said. Militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have mounted daily attacks against security forces since a...

Sixteen Turkish workers were kidnapped by masked men in northeastern Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. The workers were taken in the predominately Shi'ite district of Habibiya around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT), ministry spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan told Reuters....