By Tulay Karadeniz ANKARA (Reuters) - Diplomats and soldiers trapped inside Turkey's consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had no option but to surrender this week after hundreds of heavily armed Islamist militants surrounded the building, the foreign ministry...

Three Israeli teenagers have gone missing near a West Bank settlement, the army said Friday, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he held the Palestinian leadership responsible for their safety. “The IDF (Israeli military) confirms three teenagers are currently missing,”...

  As al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants and local armed men – backed by Sunni tribal leaders – advance towards the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, neighboring Iran has sent troops to fight alongside government forces, CNN...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The advance of Sunni militants in Iraq leaves Turkey facing a widening Islamist insurgency in two of its southern neighbors, endangering domestic security, threatening important trade routes and forcing it again to rethink Middle Eastern policies....