Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday he was cancelling the positions of advisers hired as contractors in ministries and limiting the number of advisers for himself, the president, and the parliamentary speaker to five each. It was not immediately clear how many positions...

A fighter proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State has appeared in a video urging fellow Turks to rebel against "infidel" President Tayyip Erdogan and help conquer Istanbul, highlighting the threat the NATO member faces as it battles the radical insurgents. Turkey has been in a heightened...

Turkey's nationalist opposition rejected a coalition with the ruling AK Party and refused to support a minority government on Monday, further complicating Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's efforts to break a debilitating political deadlock. The breakdown in talks between the nationalists...

At least 440 suspected militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed and 400 others have been injured in operations carried out by Turkish security forces between July 7 and August 17, figures compiled by Anadolu Agency have revealed. The figures were obtained from...