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Pence warns Turkey against buying Russian air defense system

Vice President Mike Pence warned Turkey on Wednesday that it could risk its membership in NATO if it goes ahead with plans ...

Jens Stoltenberg, Mike Pence, Nancy Pelosi

NATO chief tells Congress of 'serious' alliance divisions

In the first address to Congress by a NATO head, Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday acknowledged serious divisions within the ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Mansur Yavas

Istanbul mayoral candidate asks to be confirmed as winner

An opposition mayoral candidate in Istanbul urged Turkey's election council Wednesday to confirm him as the winner and asked ...

Donald Trump, Patrick Shanahan

Trump: NATO members must do more to raise defense spending

President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised NATO countries for increasing their financial contributions to the Western ...

Ekrem Imamoglu

Erdogan's ruling party challenges results of local elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party on Tuesday appealed the results of local elections in Istanbul where ...

US stops F-35 fighter jet parts delivery to Turkey

After months of warnings, the United States has stopped delivery of F-35 fighter jet parts to Turkey in retaliation for ...

Erdogan faces serious setbacks in Turkish local elections

Turkey's opposition looked poised to win control of the country's two biggest cities Monday as it dealt President Recep ...

Andrew Dawson

The Latest: Election observers urge Turkey to honor results

The Latest on Turkey's local elections (all times local): 5:25 p.m. The Council of Europe's election observation mission to ...

The Latest: Istanbul mayoral candidate not ready to concede

The Latest on Turkey's local elections (all times local): 3:35 p.m. The ruling party's mayoral candidate for Istanbul says ...

Turkey pledges continued support to Venezuela's Maduro

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey is giving Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro its continued support and ...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey's ruling party leads local elections but loses Ankara

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party led Sunday's mayoral elections but suffered setbacks as the opposition ...

The Latest: Opposition candidate says he won Istanbul

The Latest on Turkey's municipal elections (all times local): 2:55 a.m. The opposition's mayoral candidate says he has won ...

Turkish soldier killed in attack in northwest Syria

A Turkish soldier was killed in a mortar attack on Sunday near the northern Syrian town of Afrin, the Turkish ministry of ...

A look at Sunday's local elections in Turkey

Turkey is holding local elections on Sunday that are seen as a test of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's popularity amid a ...

Pro-Kurdish party members detained before Turkey's elections

A pro-Kurdish party in Turkey says party members have been detained in the lead-up to Sunday's municipal elections.

Slovak lawmakers reject international women's rights treaty

Slovakia's lawmakers approved a resolution on Friday to reject an international treaty on women's rights. Parliament voted ...

Turkey reaffirms commitment to Russian S-400 defense system

Turkey's foreign minister said Friday his country is committed to a deal to purchase advanced Russian surface-to-air missile ...

For Erdogan, local elections are matter of national survival

For Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sunday's local elections are not just a vote to decide who should collect the ...

Ahead of vote, Turkey's Erdogan says US attacking economy

Turkey's president accused the United States and other western nations on Thursday of attacking Turkey's economy ahead of ...

Turkish employee of US consulate to remain in custody

A court in Istanbul ruled on Thursday that a Turkish employee of the U.S. Consulate should remain in custody pending the ...