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The move has raised concerns that the U.S. military may come into direct conflict with government forces in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Egypt, which is dealing with a growing insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula, is accused by rights groups of stifling dissent.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's comments came a day ahead of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan announcement.

Kerry also said he was "absolutely convinced" all countries in the Middle East would be safer as a result of a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran agreed last month.

The revised Clean Power Plan will seek to slash carbon emissions from the power sector 32 percent from 2005 levels in 2030, a 9 percent increase over a previous proposal.

Failure to seal the agreement is a setback for U.S. President Barack Obama, given the trade pact's stance as the economic arm of the administration's pivot to Asia and an opportunity to balance out China's influence in the region.

An analysis of contributions to Bush's super PAC shows deep pockets opposed to Obama's Iran and Cuba policies.

"A man should go to jail for the crimes he’s committed,” says Janice Dickinson, one of dozens of women who say Bill Cosby committed rape.

The president has agreed to discuss the Iran nuclear deal with the editor-in-chief of a news site aimed at millennials.

The Obama administration’s new pilot program to expand federal Pell grants to prisoners makes them vulnerable to the for-profit college industry.

"Unjust barriers to opportunity and upward mobility" are among the topics the former Florida governor is expected to talk about at the National Urban League conference Friday.

According to new documents released by the whistleblower website, the NSA spied on several officials in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet.

“I think I’d get along very well with Vladimir Putin, I just think so,” Trump said.

A military parade to commemorate the end of World War Two will take place through Beijing's Tiananmen Square in September.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the men were abducted while returning from a meeting in Azaz, north of Aleppo.

The damning report by Kenya's auditor general also revealed that just 1 percent of government spending was "incurred lawfully and in an effective way."

A Democratic Party financier's firm received $1 billion in Illinois pension cash after he and his wife donated to a political action committee.

Kenyan wildlife authorities arrested the two suspects following the discovery of five slain elephants with their tusks missing in Tsavo West National Park.

Cameroonian President Paul Biya saw the Nigerian leader's failure to visit sooner as a snub.

U.S. President Barack Obama's administration reportedly gave Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari the names during their talks at the White House last week.

A missile defense system that is tasked with combating Iranian ballistic missiles will open in Naples, Italy.