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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...

Libyan parliament defies supreme court ruling Libyan lawyers celebrate after the court invalidated the country's parliament, outside the Supreme Court in Tripoli, Nov. 6, 2014....

Hiding under corpses: How Iraqi tribesmen fled ISIS Tribal fighters look on as they take part in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants...

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...

Clashes end Belgian unions' first major protest against new government (Reuters) - Belgian police and a few hundred protesters, including many dockers, clashed in central...

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...

Angelina Jolie ‘open’ to roles in politics, diplomacy As Americans went to the polls for mid-term elections Tuesday, Angelina Jolie revealed that she is open...

Anti-austerity 'Million Mask March' sweeps the globe Activists protesting against austerity, mass surveillance and oppression have taken to the steets in some 481 cities worldwide....

Canada mulls ban on polygamist immigrants For those who like to have more than one wife and a fresh new citizenship, Canada may be slipping...

Blast in Egypt train kills two policemen A new bombing just 100 meters from a Cairo presidential palace wounded a female passer-by Thursday morning, just...

U.S. denies pressing Saleh to leave Yemen Saleh served as Yemen’s first president after unification in 1990 before being forced to step down in February...

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...