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The U.S. and several Arab allies took the battle against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) inside Syria on Monday night, and Syria and the U.S. are offering different stories on one of the big questions about the bo...

The filmmaker of a new documentary about a Vietnam War reenactment said he was shocked to learn that one of his actors was Eric Frein, the subject of a massive Pennsylvania manhunt, and said he had sensed that some reena...

A court in China has found prominent Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti guilty of separatism and jailed him for life, his lawyer says.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used to feel like a one-man band, he says, beating the drums about the threat of global climate change while government leaders declined to take action. Now, the United Nations' top dip...

(Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday found Arab Bank Plc liable for providing material support to Hamas, and said it must compensate victims of two dozen attacks the Islamic militant group was suspected of carrying out in I...

Protestors took over the Financial District on Monday

In the six weeks since his friend was slain while vacationing with her teenage daughter on the island of Bali, Elliott Jacobson has reread the Chicago woman's emails and replayed her recorded voice messages.

Police resume the search of a canal near to where the teenager was last seen as questions are asked on their handling of the case.

The Islamic State group released the second part of their propaganda series, which appears to be narrated by kidnapped British journalist John Cantlie, just as the first U.S. bombs began to fall on the militants' strongh...

US authorities say Omar Gonzalez, who broke into the White House on Friday evening, had 800 rounds of ammunition, a machete and two hatchets in his car.

And China's leaders have, in turn, become increasingly wary

Bombing the militants will halt their expansion, but it will not wipe them out

David Cameron is to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to persuade his country to join international action against Islamic State.

The Justice Department closed a series of town hall meetings in Ferguson, Missouri, to the media, saying the presence of reporters would be disruptive, a spokesman for the city said Monday. A five-week series of meetings...

Turkish president indicates his country traded Islamic State prisoners for Turkish hostages

Federal health officials said the shorter application on HealthCare.gov has fewer pages and questions, fewer screens to navigate, and allows people to sign up with fewer clicks of a computer mouse.

At 33, Muhsin al Fadhli is already a veteran. A short and slight figure, he's traveled widely, been sentenced to prison in absentia and raised six-figure sums for his cause.

The U.S. Treasury Department said Monday it will take steps to curb the practice of companies moving their headquarters overseas by trimming the tax benefits of those transactions — known as corporate tax inversions �...

Closely watched lava approaching rural Hawaii communities stalls, residents still nervous

SEC giving $30 million to whistleblower in its biggest such award yet; 14th under program

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to continue the fight against Islamic State fighters, following the first U.S.-led airstrikes targeting the militant group in Syria, and pledged to build even more internation...

Pentagon: US, partners expand airstrikes into Syria against Islamic State group targets