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WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Mike Pence departs for Turkey to undertake arguably his most significant mission yet, seeking to halt a weeklong assault on Syrian Kurds begun after President Donald Trump withdrew U.S. forces from northern Syria. Pence was sch…

(Bloomberg) -- In a fierce rebuke of Donald Trumps foreign policy, Joe Biden outlined Wednesday how he would address the conflict unfolding in Syria, calling on the U.S. to lead in brokering peace talks instead of retreating from the region. Biden painted a …

Toomas Hendrik Ilves, son of Estonian refugees who fled the country during the 1944 Soviet takeover, saw his country regain independence in 1991. In 2006 he became Estonias fourth president. We had a long talk about his accomplishments as president, a positio…

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's alternatives for the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter jets are ready and "offers are coming in", President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying by broadcaster NTV on Tuesday. Ankara and Washington have clashed over Turkey's purchase of Rus…

Costa Cruises Costa Pacifica Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP/Getty Images A 75-year-old Costa Cruises passenger jumped overboard, a Costa representative told Business Insider. The representative said the woman "voluntarily" jumped from the balcony in…

A 75-year-old Costa Cruises passenger jumped overboard, a Costa representative told Business Insider. The representative said the woman "voluntarily" jumped from the balcony in her cabin on the Costa Pacifica ship. The ship was sailing between Portugal and S…

US Navy ballistic missile submarine US Navy/Lt. Joe Painter The Russian navy, its submarine force in particular, is getting more sophisticated and becoming more active around Europe. The US and NATO are aware of this, and the US Navy is re…

Brussels, Belgium - Days after Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Ankara against destabilising the region. After meetings on Friday with Turkish officials in Ist…

Key point: Although behind America, Russia's air force is rapidly improving. When it comes to air power, its no secret that the United States and the West have often held an edge over Russia. This dates at least as far back to World War II, when the United …