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Kat De Guzman | Sep 12, 2014 05:42 AM EDT
United States President Barack Obama announced during a White House Address on Thursday that he will be sending 500 troops to Iraq to dismantle the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, also known as ISIL. read more
Bianca Ortega | Sep 12, 2014 04:28 AM EDT
For Assad, U.S. plan will weThe United States' strategy against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) would defeat one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's enemies but strengthen other foes who want him out of office.aken one foe but bolster others read more
Kat De Guzman | Sep 12, 2014 07:01 AM EDT
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced on Thursday that they have reached an agreement with the United Nations (UN) and Israel and allow Palestine to import materials for reconstructing the Gaza Strip despite the cease-fire agreement with Hamas. read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 12, 2014 02:53 AM EDT
About half a million Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona on Thursday in support of the intensifying campaign for an independence referendum planned on November. read more
Bianca Ortega | Sep 12, 2014 12:47 AM EDT
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) got booed off the stage during a Christian conference in Washington on Wednesday for conveying his support for Israel. read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 11, 2014 11:50 PM EDT
U.S. Secretary of State john Kerry secured Arab support for the international anti-ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) coalition on Thursday after meeting with the ministers of 10 Gulf and Arab states in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 11, 2014 11:01 PM EDT
With its long history of aversion to international conflicts, China has finally expressed support on Thursday for the international anti-ISIL (Islamic State of Syria and the Levant) coalition that President Obama vows will defeat the extremist fighters in the Middle East. read more
Jin Tuliao | Sep 11, 2014 11:28 PM EDT
The United Nations said the 45 Fijian peacekeepers held captives by the Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Nusra Front were released on Thursday. read more
Andy Vitalicio | Sep 11, 2014 05:55 PM EDT
China's foreign ministry has justified a land-reclamation activity on one of the reefs in the South China Sea that is also being claimed by the Philippines. read more
dweisman | Sep 11, 2014 03:52 PM EDT
Responding Thursday to President Barack Obama's announced strategy to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, House Speaker John Boehner conveyed an unusual message of unity as he supported the effort. read more
dweisman | Sep 11, 2014 03:29 PM EDT
South African Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius Thursday was found guilty of negligence in the death of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, 2013, but cleared of premeditated murder charges. read more
dweisman | Sep 11, 2014 02:12 PM EDT
The World Trade Center's Twin Towers are gone and replaced by a towering new building, but New York City and America paused on Sept. 11 to remember and reflect the deadly terrorist attack that felled thousand in 2001. read more
Christl Leong | Sep 11, 2014 10:05 AM EDT
The United States will raise concerns of Russia's violation of a 1987 arms control agreement on Thursday when both sides meet in Moscow to discuss reciprocal claims on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). read more
Kristina Fernandez | Sep 11, 2014 06:09 AM EDT
Beijing should not directly involve itself in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIL) group in the Middle East, wrote an economic researcher in a nationalistic Chinese paper on Wednesday. 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
