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PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey’s offensive on Kurdish-led forces in Syria has left its European allies incensed and fearing new jihadist militancy, but they are scrambling to form a coherent response beyond refusing to pay for any new humanitarian crisis o…

Buying gifts for the people you love is supposed to feel good. But when you know there's a pretty good chance that no matter what you're buying, something unethical happened at some point down the production line, it can be hard to feel like you're doing some…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. Republican senator said he plans to introduce a package of “devastating” sanctions to hit Turkey over its military operation in northeast Syria, expressing concerns over the fate of Kurds in the area. Senator Lindsey Gr…

ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria on Wednesday, with air strikes hitting the border town of Ras al Ain. The operation could reshape the map of the Syrian conflict once again, dealing…

Turkey began an expected military operation against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria on Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced. Erdogan in a tweet said, "The Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Syrian National Army, just launched #O…

Correction: The video incorrectly introduces Mr. Ibrahim Kalin as President Erdogan's special Advisor, Mr. Kalin is the Turkish Presidential Spokesman. Turkey has boosted its forces on the Syrian border ahead of a long-threatened incursion that could target …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey said on Tuesday it had completed preparations for a military operation in northeast Syria after the United States began pulling back troops, opening the way for a Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces long allied to Washington. Bu…

US forces are withdrawing from northern Syria to allow Turkey's offensive - AP What will the Turkish offensive look like?  Recep Tayyip Erdoan has proposed a large-scale offensive across 480km of the Turkish-Syrian border to drive back the Kurdish-led Syria…

The top court in the European Union has ruled Facebook must delete content globally, not just in Europe, if a European court decides that the content is defamatory. The case was brought by an Austrian politician who said that a Facebook user had defamed and i…

Image copyrightAFP/GettyImage caption Sirak Asfaw, left, and Arthur Brand say they are waiting for the Ethiopian government to get in touch An 18th Century Ethiopian crown will finally be returned home after being hidden in a Dutch flat for 21 years. Eth…