Israel confirms reaching deal with Jordan to solve crisis over deadly embassy shooting

Israel confirmed Thursday an agreement was reached with Jordan to resume full diplomatic ties, after a seven-month crisis caused by the killing of two Jordanian citizens by an Israeli security guard.

Delta Airlines apologizes for listing China's territories as independent countries

Delta Airlines has apologized for listing Tibet and Taiwan as independent countries on its official website and promised to take immediate measures to correct the mistakes.

UN apologizes to Haiti for cholera epidemic

The United Nations on Thursday formally apologized to Haiti for its role in the country's cholera epidemic after refusing to admit its responsibility up until this year.

US says blunders led to botched September strike in Syria

A U.S. military investigation has concluded a series of "unintentional human errors" led to a coalition airstrike on Sept. 17 that killed at least 15 fighters* aligned with the Syrian government, believed at the time to be from ISIS.

UK apologizes to Italy for 'racist' form

Britain's Foreign Office has said it was sorry for an online form that asks Italians resident in the UK if they are "Italian, Neapolitan or Sicilian" - 155 years after the unification of Italy.

US apologizes to Assad for airstrikes against Syrian army: Sergey Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday that the United States had apologized to Syrian President Bashar Assad for the airstrikes against Syrian government troops.

Turkey submits Israel deal to parliament for approval : Israel will pay Turkey $20 million (17.8 million euros)

Turkey on Wednesday submitted to parliament a deal to normalise ties with Israel delayed by the July 15 military coup attempt, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.

Japan marks 71st anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Japan has marked the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Its leaders called for a nuclear-weapon-free world and called on leaders to follow Obama and visit the bomb sites.

Russian lawmaker calls against silencing "ugly moral side" of Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings

Russia stands against forgetting about the moral side of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin said on Thursday.

Russian diplomat recommends to take Turkey’s actions with caution

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said on Sunday Turkey’s actions after its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s apologies for the downed Russian warplane should be taken cautiously.

Putin holding phone conversation with Erdogan — Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.

Turkey retracts compensation offer for downed Russia jet

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim went back on an earlier offer of compensation to Russia for shooting down one of Moscow's military jets in November on Tuesday, media reported.

Putin, Erdogan to hold phone conversation. "The word ‘apology’ matches the Turkish original 100%" — Kremlin

The presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will hold a phone conversation on Wednesday at Russia’s initiative, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Erdogan apologizes to Putin over death of Russian pilot, Turkish court releases pilot’s murderer

Russian President Vladimir Putin received on Monday a letter from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which the latter apologized for the death of Oleg Peshkov, the pilot of the Russian SU-42 which was shot down last year by the Turkish Air Force while the aircraft was in Syrian airspace.

Kremlin regrets Erdogan’s official letter to Putin lacks "substantive moments"

 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed regret on Wednesday that the official letter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin on occasion of Russia Day had no substantive issues.

Kremlin says regrets Turkey has not acted to mend ties over downed Russian warplane

Russia regrets that Turkey has not taken the necessary steps to mend ties damaged by Ankara's shooting down of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border last year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 1.

Euronews corrected data about the number of deported Tatars

The Euronews TV channel was fixed on my website the error made in the description of the deportation of Crimean Tatars. Earlier official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova Euronews demanded an official apology.

Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima on Asia trip

Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima this month - the first serving US president to travel to the Japanese city since it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in 1945.

US does not owe Japan apology for nuclear bombing (White House)

US President Barack Obama does not believe that his country owes Japan a formal apology for the 1945 nuclear bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday.

Diplomat calls punishment of US military for bombing Kunduz hospital mockery of justice

Moscow believes that the decision to discipline the US military for bombing the hospital in Afghanistan’s Kunduz is mockery of justice, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s commissioner for human rights, democracy and rule of law, Konstantin Dolgov has told TASS.