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Islamic State’s Twitter Silence Raises Questions
Islamic State's Twitter users, which have trumpeted the group's violent acts and world view on the social media service, have gone abruptly quiet in...
Kerry Presses Arabs To Back Campaign Against Islamic State
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Arab leaders on Thursday to support President Barack Obama's plans for a new military campaign against Islamic...
Freed Fijian U.N. Peacekeepers Arrive At Golan Crossing: Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera television said on Thursday that vehicles carrying dozens of Fijian U.N. peacekeepers, released by an al Qaeda-backed group, arrived at a Golan...
British Banks Warn They’ll Head South If Scotland Quits UK
Three British banks said they would relocate to London if Scotland were to break away from the United Kingdom, a setback for supporters of...
Obama Prepared To Authorize Air Strikes In Syria Against Islamic State
President Barack Obama, who will set out a broad long-term strategy to defeat the Islamic State in a speech to Americans on Wednesday evening,...
Kerry In Iraq Backs Government, To Build Support Against Islamic State
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Baghdad on Wednesday, beginning a tour of the Middle East to build military, political and financial...
Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian During West Bank Raid
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian on Wednesday during a raid on a West Bank refugee camp, Palestinian medics and the Israeli military...
British PM Tells Scots: I Would Be Heartbroken If You Rip Apart Our UK ‘Family Of Nations’
Prime Minister David Cameron begged Scots on Wednesday not to rip apart Britain's "family of nations", visiting Scotland in an attempt to stem a...
New EU Commission Gives Key Economic Posts To France, Britain
The incoming head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, unveiled an EU executive team on Wednesday that handed key economic responsibilities to French and...
Ahead Of Speech, Obama Briefs Congress On Islamic State Strategy
President Barack Obama told leaders of Congress on Tuesday that he did not need for them to authorize his strategy to fight Islamic State,...
