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The U.S. government would also commit $33 million to a global program to help the country remove land mines in the next five years.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and aides to his successor, Condoleezza Rice, also received secret data via personal email, a House panel leader said.

U.S. officials cited factors such as battlefield casualties and desertions to explain a roughly 20 percent decrease in fighters.

As global clients scale back spending, India's top IT service providers may sharpen their focus, a report said.

Chinese companies are grappling with a sharp rise in cyberattacks, and experts say defense systems lag far behind U.S. counterparts.

Thursdays's gains were tempered, however, by disappointing forecasts from retailers and anxiety ahead of Friday's jobs report.

The companies discussed a potential transaction late last year, and have held further talks since then, a report says.

The Fed last week acknowledged that global financial market turbulence could be clouding the economic outlook.

The proposal will call for significant changes in how Washington grades global efforts against modern slavery, its House sponsor says.

The 12 nations of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership need to agree to an official text before one of the largest trade deals ever can be implemented.

Fears about an attack on German soil have risen since deadly bombings and shootings in Paris in November.

A ruling by the country's high court has paved the way for the deportation of over 250 asylum-seekers to an offshore immigration camp.

North Korea told U.N. agencies Tuesday it plans to launch a satellite as early as next week, a move that could advance its long-range missile technology.

The nation's leaders often use the New Year holiday time to make inspection trips and flag important policy initiatives.

The planned donation came ahead of a conference that the United Nations hopes will raise more than $7 billion for Syria this year alone.

Apple filed court papers asking for a mistrial, saying VirnetX's attorneys had misled the jury during closing arguments.

St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed has asked the NFL to help pay off the city's stadium, but has gotten no response.

The agency said it was making repairs Wednesday, but some of its filing systems would remain unavailable until Thursday.

A missile launcher was seen moving along the country's east coast and activity was seen at a launchpad in the west, Japan's NHK reported.

The so-called Internet of Things, which Jasper specializes in, offers Cisco a chance to offer cutting-edge technology to its current customers.

The United States has been tightening the vetting of immigrants and other visitors following attacks in California and Paris.

The provincial official was said to be in stable condition after the Wednesday night attack in the al-Mindara district of eastern Aden.

Because the account had been used to secure his bail, Shkreli may need to post new assets to secure his $5 million bond, a judge said.

About 10.2 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges Wednesday, above the 9.2 billion recent daily average.

“We want to ... assess whether this EU-U.S. Privacy Shield can answer the privacy concerns raised,­” the group’s chairwoman said.

Amit Singhal plans to leave at the end of February after 15 years with the company.

On Monday, the World Health Organization declared the Zika outbreak an emergency because of evidence that the mosquito-borne virus is linked to a spike in birth defects in Brazil.

The Syrian government’s recent territorial breakthrough comes after hundreds of bombing raids by Russian warplanes.

The scandal-plagued German automaker has submitted a plan to fix 80,000 recalled diesel-powered SUVs and sedans that emit up to nine times the legally allowable amount of pollution, California and federal environmental officials say.