Iran on Aug. 15 rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory after defeating Tehran.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) had mapped out the next 25 and 50 years as the party marked the 25th anniversary of its founding.

An Israeli airstrike on a house in the southern Lebanese town of Ansar killed at least seven people and wounded three early on Aug. 15, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.

Türkiye has played a key role in improving security in Mogadishu, where a steep decline in al-Shabaab attacks has been accompanied by a revival in commerce and social life, The Economist has reported.

An unconventional oil exploration program in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır could produce two to three times as much crude as the Gabar field in neighboring Şırnak if successful, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar h...