A Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire Wednesday outside the headquarters of the United Nations refugee agency and was receiving treatment for his injuries, police told AFP. The 31-year-old German resident did not provide any explanation for his actions, Geneva police spokesman...

Pentagon chief Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad for talks Wednesday as Washington pulled out its remaining troops from northern Syria through Iraq. Esper was due to meet his Iraqi counterpart Najah al-Shammari to address concerns among some in the government that the troops might stay in Iraq....

The Kremlin said Wednesday that the United States had betrayed and abandoned the Syrian Kurds and advised the Kurds to withdraw from the Syrian border as per a deal between Moscow and Ankara or be mauled by the Turkish army. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the comments to Russian news...

Syria Kurdish official says forces completed withdrawal before cease-fire ends, but Turkey continues attacks. AP