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The Democrat, a former U.S. senator from Virginia, is polling at only 2 percent. But he has a long background of public service.

Lincoln Chafee has said he will address corporate tax evasion, end U.S. drone strikes and tackle climate change. He supports raising the minimum wage and a guest-worker program with a path toward citizenship for immigrants illegally in the country.

The al Qaeda Syrian affiliate said the Syrian regime was close to collapse, and called on supporters to step up attacks on territory held by the government.

The militant group has had a presence in the North African nation for a little more than a year.

U.S. Army leaders are concerned the Army will soon no longer be equipped to deal with all the security challenges it faces throughout the world.

Iraqi airstrikes reportedly hit a convoy of ISIS militants that included Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but such claims have been made before.

The Republican National Committee is criticizing her for backing the Iraq War, as most GOP lawmakers did.

Russian missile strikes in Syria have caused aviation regulators to issue warnings about potential danger over Iran, Iraq and the Caspian Sea.

"The solution is on the way. It’s going to be military, not political," a top Hezbollah commander said.

President Barack Obama said the U.S. would try to use diplomatic channels to work with Iran and Russia to pressure Syrian President Bashar Assad for a “transition.”

The detentions came a day after two suicide bombers killed at least 95 people at a peace rally in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

The Iraqi military says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the reclusive leader of the Islamic State group, was in a convoy hit by its air force.

A terror attack that left at least 95 dead, occurring less than three weeks before decisive snap elections, threw hopes of peace into doubt.

A German politician has threatened to take the government to court over Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door refugee policy.

There have been almost 500 attacks this year on homes intended for refugees in Germany.

Many victims of gang rape by Islamic State group fighters are from the Yazidi, a majority of whom live in northern Iraq.

As Russia continues its airstrikes in Syria, U.S. ally Saudi Arabia has several options for leverage against Moscow.

The White House has ended a program to train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State group, officials said Friday.

Gen. Hossein Hamedani was killed on the outskirts of Syria’s northern province of Aleppo.

Weapons aimed at Syria hit Iran on Thursday, U.S. Defense Department officials said. Neither Iran nor Russia has confirmed the reports.

WikiLeaks is behind the release of the "Collateral Murder" video, a case that's been compared to the Kunduz bombing.