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Kristina Fernandez | Sep 15, 2014 01:28 AM EDT
In his speech last week, U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States military power is unmatched, but the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) cannot be waged alone. read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 14, 2014 11:29 PM EDT
The beheading of a British aid worker has strengthened the U.K.'s resolve to join the fight against the Islamic State (ISIL) with Prime Minister David Cameron calling them "monsters" and vowing to bring them down with U.S. and its international allies. read more
Andy Vitalicio | Sep 14, 2014 10:16 PM EDT
More than a hundred African migrants are believed to have died after a wooden boat they were traveling in sunk about half a mile from the coast of Libya, according to a report by Al Jazeera. read more
Rhona Arcaya | Sep 14, 2014 12:26 PM EDT
North Korea's highest court has sentenced American citizen Matthew Todd Miller to six years of hard labor on charges of committing “hostile acts” against the state. read more
Des Cambaliza | Sep 15, 2014 03:50 AM EDT
United States Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) on Sunday said he is thinking of running for president in 2016, reports said. read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 14, 2014 06:59 AM EDT
Just days ahead of Scotland's referendum for independence, four polls released Saturday indicate a mostly neck-and-neck fight between both sides of the independence debate read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 14, 2014 06:41 AM EDT
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Egypt is an important partner in denouncing Islamic extremism during his talk with Egyptian leaders on Saturday to seek support for the international coalition that aims to beat the Islamic State (ISIL). read more
Des Cambaliza | Sep 14, 2014 05:33 AM EDT
A Malaysia Airlines aircraft turned around after detecting an auto-pilot defect on Sunday, according to reports. The aircraft's captain aborted the flight to take a precautionary measure, reports said, citing the loss of two airplanes this year. read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 14, 2014 03:12 AM EDT
The Islamic State group (ISIL) released Saturday a video showing the beheading of the British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines who was taken captive in Syria in March 2013. read more
David Perry | Sep 14, 2014 02:21 AM EDT
The government of Malaysia has extended the use of its territory as a base for U.S. maritime surveillance planes, according to U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert on Sept. 8. read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 14, 2014 12:18 AM EDT
Intoning “war is madness,” Pope Francis urged the world to weep for humanity on Saturday as it faces conflicts amounting to a third world war. read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 14, 2014 01:07 AM EDT
British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines has been beheaded by the Islamic State group (ISIL), according to a video that has circulated Saturday in a website associated with the terrorists, making him the third Westerner and the first British hostage to be executed in recent weeks. read more
Des Cambaliza | Sep 14, 2014 08:05 AM EDT
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said in a conference on Saturday that he ordered the military to stop bombing civilian areas held by the Islamic State (ISIL). read more
Des Cambaliza | Sep 15, 2014 02:53 AM EDT
A Chinese minority Uighur scholar accused of separatism is set to go on trial on Wednesday in Urumqi, reports said. read more
Des Cambaliza | Sep 14, 2014 05:42 AM EDT
The Islamic State reportedly struck a ceasefire deal with moderate Syrian rebels, despite Syrian force's deepening alliance with the United States in its war against the ISIL. Brokered by Al-Qaeda linked Al-Nusra Front, the deal was aimed at targeting the Syrian government instead, reports said. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
