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The videos of the brutal beheadings of James Foley, Steven Sotloff and David Haines helped rally global opinion against the extremist Islamic State group.

“Today’s anti-Westernism is the offspring of yesterday’s colonialism," Iranian President Rouhani told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday.

GM recognizes nearly 14 million cars with key rotation problems, but only 19 percent of them are covered by its fund.

Obama could move to appoint a new attorney general before the midterm elections in November, when Republicans hope to win back the Senate.

Apple's iPhone 6 is dominating smartphone sales in Japan despite ongoing supply constraints.

The USDA is proposing annual reviews of organizations that certify farms and ranches as organic.

"Good riddance, Eric Holder. Your disregard for the Constitution of the United States will not be missed."

Holder, 63, was appointed by President Barack Obama as the nation's first black U.S. attorney general. He steps down amid tensions with Congress.

Developed nations, not emerging economies, should shoulder the burden for climate change action, India says.

The professional services firm forecasts that retail sales will grow at least 4 percent this season vs. 2.8 percent last season.

Liberia has seen the deadliest Ebola outbreak, with some 3,280 infected people and 1,720 Ebola-related deaths. Hospitals are overwhelmed.

France has so far ruled out joining the U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State group.

India's run of success with its mission to Mars continued Thursday, as its spacecraft sent back the first images it took over the planet.

Overall, 486 people were killed and 557 were wounded in shooting incidents between 2000 and 2013, according to an FBI study.

The overnight attacks came just a few hours after airstrikes late on Wednesday, which targeted ISIS-controlled oilfields in eastern Syria.

In a heavily monitored interview, Matthew Miller said that he had written to U.S. officials asking for their help in securing his release.

Maduro demanded an overhaul of the UN and said that the West is busy “bombing the people of Iraq and Syria” though Ebola is the biggest threat.

Obama, speaking at the UN, asked the world to join together to fight the militants and vowed to keep up military pressure against them.

The secretary of state says the U.S. would pledge $40 million for Syria's opposition groups, part of which will be to boost their ability to govern.

The expansion of the designated terrorist list could mean more targets for airstrikes in Syria.

The U.S. military said it was targeting 12 of the Islamic State group's "modular" refineries, which generate around $2 million a day.