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Turkey: 3 more migrant bodies recovered from lake

Three more bodies were recovered on Saturday from a lake in eastern Turkey where a boat sank late last month, carrying dozens of irregular migrants. Rescue teams continue efforts to recover the remaining bodies from Lake Van, where a boat carrying up to 60 people sank on June 27....

Pentagon report: Turkey sent up to 3,800 fighters to Libya

Turkey sent between 3,500 and 3,800 paid Syrian fighters to Libya over the first three months of the year, the US Defense Department’s inspector general concluded in a new report, its first to detail Turkish deployments that helped change the course of Libya's war. The report comes as...

Iran sends downed Ukrainian plane's black box to France

Iran has sent the black box of the Ukrainian passenger jet that its armed forces mistakenly shot down in January to France for reading, an Iranian semi-official news agency said Saturday. Iran accidentally shot down the Boeing 737-800, killing all 176 people aboard, after mistaking it...

Iraqi PM to visit Saudi, Iran in diplomatic balancing act

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi will travel to Saudi Arabia and Iran back-to-back next week, carefully balancing ties to regional rivals in his first foreign trip as premier, officials said Saturday. Baghdad has often found itself caught in the tug-of-war between Riyadh, Tehran...