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Dozens of worshippers offering up special Ramadan prayers at a mosque were swept away in the flood waters, officials said Sunday.

The estimates are from the day Obama took office in January 2009 through Dec. 31, 2015, and have been criticized for being highly understated.

Al Rahabi is the second prisoner to be resettled in Montenegro this year as President Barack Obama pushes to close the detention center before his terms ends in January.

The world had 65.3 million displaced people in 2015 — almost 6 million more than at the end of 2014, the United Nations Refugee Agency said on World Refugee Day.

An explosion hit a minibus carrying government employees in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, killing and wounding several, police said.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch says investigators are working to piece together what happened at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

Jordan's used fighter jets came into the picture after the U.S. Congress refused to finance a deal that would help Pakistan buy eight new F-16s from the U.S.

The plan extends the international financial commitment for the foreseeable future at a time when Western leaders have been hoping to reduce Afghanistan’s reliance on foreign military aid.

While the news media focuses on Omar Mateen’s ties to ISIS, many on social media wonder if his police officer aspirations are being ignored.

The U.N. human rights chief said “well-functioning migration governance systems” are needed to assess requests for international protections.

Legislators, including some Republicans, have sought restrictions after earlier mass shootings, but even minor changes failed to become law.

Several thousand demonstrators formed a human chain at a demonstration organized by the alliance "Stop Ramstein/No Drone War."

The online audio message, purportedly by Ayman al-Zawahri, has yet to be verified.

Under the new policy, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan will decide when American troops can accompany Afghan forces into the field.

More than 35,000 children sought asylum in Sweden in 2015.

The 2016 Global Peace Index showed that the world has become increasingly violent, with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high and terrorist attacks at an all-time high.

NPR’s David Gilkey and Afghan translator Zabihullah Tamanna were in an Afghan army Humvee when it was struck by a rocket during a Taliban ambush, officials said.

Escalating conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa have contributed to the spike in asylum-seekers worldwide.

A cut from the current 9,800 troops would hurt Afghan government forces and bolster the Taliban, retired U.S. generals and senior diplomats say.

The Olympic refugee team highlights long-running conflicts in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The address is expected to strike an optimistic tone while also talking with the graduates about security challenges facing the U.S.