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"Torture programs right after 9/11 have made the matter of terrorism worse," said Juan Mendez, the U.N.'s special rapporteur on torture.

The U.S. Senate's massive report on CIA torture contains not so much as one syllable of recommended reforms to the spy agency.

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Ansar al-Shariah, an al Qaeda affiliate, reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack on Al Anad air base.

In a flip-flop of geopolitical ties in the region of late, Russia has grown friendlier with Pakistan while the U.S. has warmed up to India.

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A U.K. government-commissioned review warned that infections from drug-resistant microbes could cost the world nearly $100 trillion by 2050.

According to a CFPB report, some 43 million Americans have credit reports marked with overdue medical debt.

An official of the militant group argued that Washington had "foolishly" chosen armed force over negotiation.

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“Today, the LGBT community is embraced by the Foreign Service and well beyond,” John Kerry said at the swearing-in ceremony for Ted Osius III.

One of the first people subjected to the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" tactics has been sent back to a detention center in Afghanistan.

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The CIA operated "black site" detention facilities in nations around the world, where it held and interrogted terror suspects in the aftermath of 9/11.

The second hearing of the House Select Committee on Benghazi focused on how security has improved since the 2012 terrorist attack.

Defeated Sen. Mark Udall blasted the CIA in the wake of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the use of harsh interrogation techniques.

McDonald's will cut eight food products and reduce the number of "extra value" meals on its U.S. menus beginning in January.

Six months after taking Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, the Islamic State group appears stymied in efforts to also take Baghdad.

Newspapers around the United States used harsh headlines to describe the brutal CIA torture report released Tuesday.

The Dow tumbled after OPEC slashed its forecast for 2015 production by 300,000 barrels per day to 28.9 million barrels.