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Secretary of State John Kerry gave new Foreign Service officers a final pep talk today before they are deployed overseas, many to what are termed "high-threat" posts, like Afghanistan and Libya, where there have been recent fatal attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions.

Two hot air balloons collided mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey on Monday, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said.

George Sabra speaks during a meeting on the situation in Syria, in Ankara, Turkey, on March 21.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan , in a meeting Thursday at the White House , is expected to urge President Obama to arm the Syrian opposition and enforce a "no-fly" zone in an effort to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad 's regime.

Turkish university students, who were protesting the explosions that killed tens of people in Reyhanli near the border with Syria last week, clashed with riot police at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Vincent Degert says Serbia and Kosovo's PMs Ivica Daeiae and Hashim Thaci will have to step in if the implementation of the agreement grinds to a halt.

A convoy of gunmen opened fire on a row of liquor stores in eastern Baghdad immediately after sunset on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding five others, officials said.

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Turkish riot police surround the destroyed shops two days after the explosions on Saturday that killed 46 and injured about 50 others, in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria, Monday, May 13, 2013.

ANKARA, Turkey Turkish officials said Monday that a missing fighter jet crashed and its fuselage and debris have been found in a mountainous area close to the border with Syria.

Ankara, Turkey a Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria.

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Ankara, Turkey a In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others.

Turkey's Interior Minister Muammer Guler says at least four people were killed and 18 others were injured by explosions in a town near Turkey's border with Syria.

ANKARA, Turkey Turkey's Interior Minister Muammer Guler says at least four people were killed and 18 others were injured by explosions in a town near Turkey's border with Syria.

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These university rankings are always given way too much weight, especially US and News , but when I saw a new set of rankings from Middle East Technical University Graduate School of Informatics in Ankara, Turkey that pegs the University of Washington as the 8th best university in the world, and the 6th best in the country, I figured I might as ... (more)

ANKARA, Turkey A lawyer says an American tourist who picked up stones during a beach holiday in Turkey has received a one-year suspended sentence for attempting to smuggle historical artifacts.

This photo made available by the Turkish Foreign Ministry shows the foreign minister of Burkino Faso, Djibril Yipene Bassole, speaking to the media shortly before Bassole briefly passed out during a live televised news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, May 9, 2013.

A victim who suffered an alleged chemical attack receives treatment by doctors, at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria.