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Prime minister asked US to launch strikes against ISIL last month but Washington refused, New York Times report says.

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (or ISIS) are, city by city, seizing control of Iraq. The map below tracks ISIS as they continue their campaign south toward Baghdad and major oil refineries. Locations of attacks were...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday sought to ease concerns about the controversial swap of five hardened Taliban leaders for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, but under pressure from lawmakers acknowledged that the administrat...

Four UN peacekeepers from Chad killed and 10 others including six peacekeepers and four Malian soldiers wounded.

All eyes are on Brazil's breakout star as World Cup begins.

As Hillary Clinton backpedaled this week on comments that she and Bill Clinton were "dead broke" after leaving the White House, financial disclosure forms shed more light on just how shaky that claim really was.

Pakistan officials: Suspected US drone strike kills 10 people in northwest, near Afghan border

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Forensic tests on a woman found hanging from a tree in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have so far failed to find evidence of rape, a local police chief said.

In an audio recording released early Thursday by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, or ISIL, the militant group promised to seize more cities in Iraq, including the capital Baghdad, CNN reported.

Bras were never burned at the 1968 Miss America protest, but that the image persists shows how full of holes our knowledge is of the Women's Liberation Movement.

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What's happening now in Iraq is not very surprising to some.

Feds: New York City strippers drugged wealthy men, siphoned money from their credit cards

What you need to know for Thursday: watching the World Cup, even more lousy weather, and good poll news for the mayor.

May, 2014. Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph by Christian Franz Tragni/Redux. November, 2013. São Paulo, Brazil. Two members of Gaviões da Fiel, the famous Corinthians fan group, holding a trophy and ce...

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Hosts Brazil overcame a nervy beginning — replete with an own goal — to win its first game of the 2014 World Cup, with two goals from star Neymar and a third from Oscar. Brazil needed a little help from the referee, ...

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got into a testy exchange today with â€"Fresh Airâ€? radio host Terry Gross, accusing her of â€"playing with my wordsâ€? when pressing Clinton about when, and why, sh...

I just caught a few minutes of the Brazil-Croatia World Cup opener ("patient possession football" said the announcer, which apparently means kinda slow and humdrum), and before I knew it, it was halftime. So I switched o...