UNITED STATES

The president began airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against ISIS last year and asked for war authorization in February, but Congress has refused to vote.

In a rare speech from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama laid out his plan to defeat terrorism.

The U.S. reported 211,000 new non-farm jobs in November, and revised October new jobs data upward to 298,000.

Among the pharmaceutical companies to be examined Wednesday for dramatic price hikes are Valeant and Turing.

More than 2,400 American lives were claimed on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Imperial Japanese Navy struck Pearl Harbor, bringing the U.S. into World War II.

A rise in default rates has led some experts to point to historical precedent, which suggests a recession ahead.

The far-right party, led by Marine Le Pen, defeated President François Hollande's Socialist Party by a wide margin in the first round after all votes were counted.

Authorities are also investigating what Malik was up to in Pakistan and in Saudi Arabia, and whether she radicalized her husband.

The hashtag was inspired from a bystander at the scene of Saturday's stabbings.

"He will reiterate his firm conviction that ISIL will be destroyed and that the United States must draw upon our values," said the White House in a statement Saturday.

Following the attack in San Bernardino, California, an Islamic center in Florida was vandalized and a mosque in Virginia was threatened.

Three professors at Malik's university said they had been advised not to talk to the media while men claiming to be from Pakistan's security agencies told reporters to drop their investigations.

Family members have said the former U.S. president has maintained a busy schedule since doctors found melanoma spots during the summer.

Claudio Borio of the Bank of International Settlements noted that the end of market “turbulence” should not be understood as total economic stability.

Forty additional Islamic State group militants were injured during the strikes, which were carried out in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa.

The Dec. 8-10 meeting will consider a resolution to hold an annual meeting of states that have ratified the Geneva Conventions.

Global M&A activity rose as companies looked for tax havens and took advantage of cheap interest rates, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a research report.

British lawmakers voted Wednesday to join the U.S.-led aerial campaign against the ISIS and other militant groups in Syria.

Officials suspect that Enrique Marquez, Syed Farook's childhood friend, bought the assault rifles used by the San Bernardino shooting suspects.

The president will deliver a speech on terrorism Sunday in response to the shootings that left 14 victims dead in San Bernardino, California.

However, SunTrust analyst Robert Peck says the board may hold off on any decision because of the complexity of some of the options.