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(Adds Turkish reaction, comments from lawmakers) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to recognize the mass killings of Armenians a century ago as a genocide, a symbolic but hi…

Ahmad Qermi, a Syrian refugee, at his house in Sanliurfa, Turkey. Andrea DiCenzo/The Globe and Mail Ahmad Qermi lost his home to the Islamic State led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He and his wife and two young children havent been back since IS captured their …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish YPG forces have still not fully withdrawn from a strip of land in northeast Syria from which Ankara says they must leave, Turkey’s defense minister was quoted on Tuesday as saying, hours before a deadline for their removal expires…

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan welcomed the killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as a major blow to terrorism that is expected to weaken the South Asian branch of the Middle Eastern militant group. The emergence of an Afghan affiliate of Isla…

Calling it a "bold decision," the defense secretary offered more details on the mission that led to the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on ABC's "This Week" Sunday. Interested in Syria? Add Syria as an interest to stay up to date on the l…

* Erdogan says Turkey ready to take on YPG again in NE Syria * Turkish president chides Europe over lack of aid for refugees * Cavusoglu says Turkey won't allow rights violations in NE Syria * Former UN prosecutor says Erdogan may be guilty of war crimes …

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Gareth Dorrian, Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham. Ian Whittaker, Le…

Mladen Antonov/Getty They came trundling through the town of Voronezh in western Russia in broad daylight on Oct. 3. Green army vehicles on flatbed train cars, apparently heading west, toward Russias borders with Ukraine and Belarus. The next day, social me…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S.-led NATO alliance has resolved to maintain military support for its ally Turkey despite anger over its operation in Syria and its ensuing border deal with Russia, five senior diplomats said. Spain had threatened to withdraw its…

Key point: Submariners gain practice by tailing enemy vessels while remaining undetected. A photo depicting an American nuclear-powered submarine poking its periscope above the waveswithin shooting distance of a British aircraft carrier during a war gameis a…