U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is to visit Turkey on August 24 amid tensions between Ankara and Western powers over a massive crackdown on dissent following the country’s abortive coup attempt last month.
Pakistan says that all six crew members of a Pakistani government helicopter taken hostage after it crash-landed in Afghanistan's volatile east have returned to Islamabad following their release by the Taliban.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Ankara wants to buy more natural gas from Iran and that the two sides have discussed pricing issues.
The Samarkand Regional Court in Uzbekistan's southeast has jailed five local residents for intending to join militants of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Syria.
A Kazakh court has jailed three men for inciting social and religious hatred via their mobile phones.
Nijat Rahimov has won gold for Kazakhstan in weightlifting at the Rio Olympics, but his victory was dogged by doubts about past doping violations.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish officials have given harsh warnings to the United States and the European Union, saying they are making grave mistakes in their response to last month's failed coup.
In a new report, the U.S. State Department raises concerns over laws against blasphemy and apostasy in Islamic societies.
Kyrgyzstan's Izzat Artykov and Kazakhstan's Karina Goricheva earned bronze medals in Rio Olympics men's and women's weightlifting contests, respectively, on August 9.
India has summoned Pakistan's high commissioner in New Delhi to protest against what it said was the continued infiltration of militants from across the border.
Turkey is upping pressure on the United States to hand over a Muslim cleric who Ankara blames for a failed coup on July 15.
A top Iranian security official says a January cash payment by the United States was unrelated to the landmark nuclear deal, as speculation continued to swirl around the timing of the transfer.
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