Russia deploys advanced S-400 air missile system to Crimea: agencies

Series of blasts hit resort towns in southern Thailand


HUA HIN, Thailand A series of blasts hit three of the most popular tourist resorts as well as towns in southern Thailand on Thursday and Friday, killing four people and wounding dozens, days after the country voted to accept a military-backed charter in a referendum.




Turkey seeks 32 fugitive diplomats in post-coup inquiry


ISTANBUL Turkey is seeking the extradition of 32 diplomats who went on the run after they were recalled by Ankara as part of investigations into last month's failed coup attempt, the foreign minister said on Friday.




U.S.-backed forces say launch final assault against Islamic State in Syria's Manbij


BEIRUT U.S.-backed forces battling Islamic State near the Turkish border in northern Syria said on Friday they had launched a final assault to flush the remaining jihadists out of the city of Manbij.