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Supreme Court will hear new case challenging Obamacare WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider a major new challenge to President Obama's health...

Obama wants $3.2 bln for U.S. air war on ISIS U.S. President Barack Obama’s proposed funding would also pay for the roughly 600 U.S. military...

Fearing U.S. air strikes, Syria asks for Russian S300 An S-300 surface-to-air missile system.(RIA Novosti / Uriy Shipilov) The Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad feared...

Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama U.S. President Barack Obama addresses reporters during a news conference in the East Room...

Burkina Faso talks set transition timetable Negotiators in Burkina Faso have issued a statement pledging elections in 2015 and an "eminent civilian personality" to lead...

Analysis: Shaking things up ... and making them worse? WASHINGTON — Dissatisfied with President Obama's leadership and dismayed by the failure of both parties to...

U.S. economy's performance probably wasn't the main culprit in Democrat losses Nov 5 (Reuters) - America's underperforming economy has been an albatross for President Barack...

France, Lebanon sign Saudi-funded arms deal French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian inspects a weapons procurement agency last June France and Lebanon signed on Tuesday a...

Will David Cameron's gamble take Britain out of Europe? Angela Merkel and David Cameron are looking at an uncertain future over the UK's membership in...

Merkel warns Cameron UK is reaching 'point of no return' German Chancellor Angela Merkel has remained firm on her country's positioning towards EU migration laws....

ISIS gains halted, but defeat not on horizon The site of an ISIS flag on the Syrian Kurdish border-town of Kobane is completely obliterated in...

Foreign Minister Margot Wallström. Photo: Annika af Klercker / TT. Speaking to reporters, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said the territory has fulfilled the "criteria of...

Minister: Saudi Arabia an ‘important pillar of India’s energy security’ A Cairn India employee works at a storage facility for crude oil at Mangala oil...

Russia conducts maneuvers in NATO airspace as it waits for French warships Russia has conducted "significant military maneuvers" in European airspace, NATO has said, possibly...