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The U.S. Air Force's new 30,000 pound Massive Ordinance Penetrator is impressive, expensive, and possibly not enough to kill the target it's meant for

Thousands are fleeing Syria as violence brings the country to the brink of civil war, a situation that is doubly traumatizing for Iraqi refugees there who had sought to escape the conflict in their own country.

Ankara may consider sending troops into the region to quell any Kurdish takeover of northern Syria.

Amid reports that Islamic fundamentalists are trying to hijack the Syrian revolution, which have raised concerns among U.S. intelligence and Iraqi officials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slammed Washington's position over the Damascus bombing that killed several top Syrian officials, as "a direct whitewashing of terrorism."

Even as London gears up to host the Olympics with the biggest peacetime security operation underway since World War II, security measures at the Manchester airport, about 300 kilometers from London, came under scrutiny following reports that a 11-year-old boy boarded a plane from Manchester to Rome without a passport, ticket or boarding pass.

The Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer said Bush is the president who has done the most for AIDS prevention.

Top foreign policy advisers for the Obama and Romney campaigns laid out contrasting visions during a Tuesday debate at the Brookings Institution, dueling on issues ranging from America's role in Syria to a new era in relations with Russia.

Syria is one of the few countries on the planet to have a large stockpile of some of the deadliest substances known to man. What's it doing with them now?

Kellie Pickler went patriotic for Maxim magazine's latest cover and photos spread in its annual Salute to the Military issue.

This time, China's bid is unlikely to be blocked by the government, as its attempted takeover of Unocal was seven years ago

The Islamic State of Iraq, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, said it is honoring the month of Ramadan with “a new blessed foray” of violence in the country, claiming responsibility for Monday’s attacks that killed at least 116, wounded at least 300.

KRG is seeking to combine the various Kurdish factions in Syria under one unified umbrella.

Britain has contingency plans to send a powerful fleet to Syria; France may even send an aircraft carrier; Russia is sending 11 ships; and then there are the Americans. Are they all there just to bring back any evacuated civilians?

As non-Persians, they have long faced discrimination, particularly with respect to employment, housing, and civil rights.

The Syrian army's response to the rebel siege of Damascus has created military-control vacuums in other parts of the country that have been exploited by rebel forces.

A fancy new aircraft upgrade for the Marines is causing a backlash in Japan and exposing years of tensions over U.S. forces in the country.

Romney can invoke anemic monthly job numbers to contend that Obama's domestic policies have failed. But he faces a more difficult task in critiquing how the Obama administration's policies have unfolded outside of America's borders.

Car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the Shia holy city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people on Sunday and wounded 80.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis Walker was convicted in a military court Friday on charges that included rape, aggravated sexual contact, and aggravated sexual assault, according to the Associated Press. Walker was convicted on a total of 28 counts.

Iraqi troops mobilized to seal border crossings into Syria on Friday after Syrian rebels occupied government posts on their own side of the border.

It seems that we witness a similar massacre about once a year or so in the U.S.