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US-led coalition strikes kill scores of IS fighters in Eastern Syria

Nearly 150 Islamic State fighters were killed during U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeting IS headquarters in eastern Syria late last week, the coalition said in a statement. The strikes on Saturday targeted a...

4 Americans among dead in Afghanistan hotel attack; 1 identified

The U.S. State Department has confirmed that four Americans were among those killed in an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in the Afghan capital, Kabul, over the weekend. Two other U.S....

US getting ‘conflicting signals’ on Turkey’s Syria ops

WASHINGTON/JAKARTA — Turkey is sending the United States “conflicting signals” about its operation against Kurdish forces in northwestern Syria, raising concerns in Washington that the offensive could backfire and empower either...

US warns North Korea aiming to build nuclear arsenal

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials believe North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is rational, ambitious and is not likely to settle for simply using his country’s nuclear weapons program to stay...

Social media has mixed effect on democracies, says Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook took a hard look in the mirror with a post Monday questioning the impact of social media on democracies worldwide and saying it has a “moral duty”...

US special envoy for Ukraine confirms Russia talks

WASHINGTON —U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker says he is scheduled to hold a new round of talks with Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov in Dubai on Jan. 26. Volker told...

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