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At least 30 international firms, including Microsoft and Samsung Electronics, face investigations and raids by the Chinese government.

Gaining control of the transport hub is expected to give rebels access to important routes within Luhansk and Donetsk.

The White House will ask Congress by Wednesday for new authority to use force against Islamic State fighters, congressional aides said on Monday.

Netanyahu is due to address a joint session of Congress about Iran's nuclear program on March 3.

It's a critical week for diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis, but Angela Merkel herself doubts it will do much good.

The White House has directed Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents not to arrest some immigrants.

Airstrikes hitting Raqqa, Syria, are fewer and fewer, indicating that fighting the Islamic State group is becoming harder.

A spokesman for the rebels said Ukrainian forces were pushed out of Logvinovo, but Ukrainian forces dispute that.

Brooke Axtell joined Katy Perry onstage at the 57th annual Grammy Awards to raise awareness about sexual and domestic abuse.

The poll marks the first time in at least two years that the president is in positive territory on unemployment.

The deal could be announced as soon as Monday, a source said.

Merkel is expected to work on narrowing differences between Europe and the U.S. over the issue of providing arms to Ukrainian troops.

Relations between the U.S. and China have been affected by issues related to cyberattacks, and territorial disputes in the Western Pacific.

India releases details of a breakthrough agreement reached during Obama's visit, but U.S. diplomats say there are issues still to be resolved.

Western officials acknowledged that the move may be just a negotiating tactic, but said that Rouhani's standing would be damaged if talks failed.

Ukraine had the fourth-most powerful military in 1991. So why is it struggling for survival just 24 years later?

The outcry around Obama's reference to the Crusades is not the first time a president has provoked controversy by mentioning the medieval conflict.

Lavrov and Kerry have been point men for their respective countries' interests in Ukraine over the past year.

"I've got a tough job," a weary John Boehner says. A battle over Homeland Security funding and immigration leaves leadership with no answers.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are scheduled to meet Putin in Moscow on Friday.

Obama referred to the Dalai Lama as a "good friend," while China warned countries not to host the Tibetan leader.