India has steadily increased its air defense capabilities in the Ladakh Valley region near the contested border with China.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has terminated the mission of diplomats appointed by Afghanistan’s former pro-Western government ...

More than 100 people have died from poisoning by bootleg alcohol in Ankara and Istanbul, NTV reported on Friday, after authorities warned about rising sales of illicit booze being passed off as big ...

Thirty-three people have died in Ankara after drinking bootleg alcohol and another 20 are in intensive care, the regional governor's office told AFP Friday. Last month, 38 people died in the space of ...

This is the eleventh part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some ...

Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the ...

Two years on from a devastating earthquake that shattered Turkey's southern region, nearly half a million people remain in ...

Two years after the deadliest and most destructive earthquake in modern Turkish history, hundreds of thousands of people ...

Two years on from a devastating earthquake that shattered Turkey's southern region, nearly half a million people remain in ...

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Officials say a fire in a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey has killed at least 10 people and hospitalized 32 others ANKARA, Turkey -- A fire broke out at a hotel at a ski resort in ...