Pentagon chief Jim Mattis arrived in Ankara on Wednesday for talks with Turkish leaders expected to focus on Washington's arming of a Syrian Kurdish militia, which Turkey views as a terror group, in the fight against Daesh (ISIS). Mattis flew in for the one-day visit after stopping in Iraq...

Turkey's prime minister said Wednesday he wants to double trade volume with Vietnam to $4 billion in the next three years as his country seeks to boost cooperation with the Southeast Asian country. Binali Yildirim was making his first visit to Vietnam as prime minister, accompanied by a...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Tuesday denied claims by Turkey that the two countries were planning joint military operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq. "We have not planned any operations outside Iran's borders," said a statement from the Guards' regional ground forces headquarters...

Iran's new communications minister said Tuesday that negotiations were underway with Twitter to unblock the service, which has been banned for years despite being used even by the country's supreme leader. The micro-blogging platform was barred at the time of mass anti-regime protests in...