Ankara's action against Russian wheat, maize and sunflower oil suppliers is hindering restoration of ties between the two countries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek by phone on Wednesday. Turkish buyers have put purchases of...

The U.S.-led coalition have air-dropped ground forces near the Islamic State-held town of Tabqa in northern Syria, opening a new front in the campaign to capture the jihadist group's nearby stronghold of Raqqa city. The Pentagon said on Wednesday the U.S. military had airlifted allied Syrian...

Aid convoys linked to paramilitary groups have begun making regular deliveries to Mosul districts recaptured from ISIS, bringing much-needed relief but also fears that their Shiite backers are encroaching into the mostly Sunni city. The columns of trucks and cars carrying food, water and...

The president of Emirates, the Middle East's biggest airline, defended security measures at its Dubai hub Wednesday and said that the ban on electronics other than mobile phones in the cabins of U.S.-bound flights came as a surprise. Tim Clark told The Associated Press that he only learned...