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Britain conducts regular strikes against IS militants in Iraq but has so far limited its Syrian involvement to flying surveillance missions to gather intelligence.

The world's biggest corporate debt pile - $16.1 trillion and rising - is a significant threat to China's slowing economy and will not be easily managed.

Accused Chattanooga gunman Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez reportedly texted a friend a link to an Islamic verse the night before embarking on a shooting spree.

"It grieves us beyond belief to know that his pain found its expression in this heinous act of violence," the Abdulazeez family wrote.

Hackers send Department of Defense cleverly disguised emails intended to infiltrate the Pentagon with malware, the Daily Beast reports.

"This latest attack is yet another painful example of the atrocities that the terrorist group ISIL continues to perpetrate against the people of Iraq," a NSC spokesman said.

In response to the shootings in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that left five servicemen dead, governors across the nation issued executive orders to arm National Guard officers.

Brazil’s world-famous, three-time FIFA World Cup winner has been hospitalized three times since November.

An appellate court panel decided a Delaware law limiting campaign contributions is consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in the Citizens United case.

China’s vice finance minister says, “There is a mismatch for supervision, and that is a real challenge.”

Former Vice President Jeffrey Webb pleaded not guilty and was released on $10 million bond. He ordered to relinquish his passports.

"He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured," the U.S. presidential candidate says at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa.

Congressional Republican moderates seek to expand protections for same-sex couples while shielding tax-exempt religious groups from prosecution.

Advocates of immigrant rights say Texas is attempting to block U.S-born kids from gaining citizenship rights in cases where their moms entered the country illegally.

Controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona dismissed calls for his resignation, as he denied racial targeting by his office.

The shipwreck dates back to the late 18th or early 19th century when the U.S. was expanding its trade with the rest of the world by sea.

The latest investigation represents a new front in U.S. authorities' attempts to tackle FIFA and its alleged corrupt practices.

The drug kingpin's latest escape is a major concern for Mexico's president, as his administration had hailed Joaquin Guzman's arrest as a big achievement.

The Kurdish YPG militia says the Islamic State group fired “makeshift chemical projectiles,” which caused serious physical distress among those targeted.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he would not welcome war but if there were one, the United States would be humiliated.

The Chattanooga shooter lost his job as an engineer at a nuclear power plant in Ohio in May 2013.