Czech: EU, Turkey reach breakthrough deal on migrant crisis
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS The European Union and Turkey have reached a landmark deal to ease the migrant crisis and give Ankara concessions on better EU relations, The Czech prime minister…
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Suicide bomber kills 10, wounds 15 in Istanbul tourist area
By LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and SUZAN FRASER A suicide bomber affiliated with the Islamic State group detonated a bomb in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists Tuesday morning, killing…
Turkey won’t apologize to Russia over warplane downing
By JAMEY KEATEN Turkey won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, the Turkish prime minister said Monday, stressing that the Turkish military was doing its…
The Latest: Iran blames Turkey for downing of Russian jet
The latest on the war in Syria, including a Russian warplane shot down by Turkey. All times local: 9:25 p.m. Iran is lashing out at Turkey over the shooting down…
Report: Turkish investigators focus probe on IS militants
By SUZAN FRASER Turkish investigators were close to identifying one of two suicide bombers in the country’s deadliest attacks in years, the prime minister said Monday, adding that the Islamic…
Turkish PM says deadly attacks likely were suicide bombings
By SUZAN FRASER Two nearly simultaneous explosions targeted a Turkish peace rally Saturday by Kurdish activists and opposition supporters in Ankara. At least 86 people were killed and nearly 190…
Syrian troops launch ground offensive in central regions
By ALBERT AJI and NATALIYA VASILYEVA Syrian government troops launched a ground offensive Wednesday in the country’s central region under cover of Russian airstrikes, a Damascus official said. And in…
Assailants fire shots at US Consulate in Istanbul
By LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and SUZAN FRASER Two assailants opened fire at the heavily protected U.S. Consulate building in Istanbul on Monday, touching off a gunfight with police before fleeing the…