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Friday's forum for Democratic presidential candidates gave the former Maryland governor a chance to step out from the shadows of his rivals.

The move comes after President Barack Obama pledged in September to admit an additional 10,000 refugees in 2016 from war-torn Syria.

In response to a plane crash in Egypt, the U.S. will expand safety efforts at several Mideast airports that handle U.S.-bound flights, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said.

An Iranian airline, blacklisted by the U.S. and European Union, managed to purchase last month an aircraft in defiance of an American ban.

The milestone will be marked Saturday in the West African nation's capital with a vigil and a reading of the names of healthcare workers who died fighting the virus.

Republican presidential candidates, perhaps predictably, slammed President Barack Obama's Keystone XL decision while Democrats, perhaps predictably, praised it.

Convicted murderer Adnan Syed's defense team is expected to address whether his phone records at the time of the killing of his ex-girlfriend were reliable.

Escapee Joaquín Guzmán of Mexico may be in Argentina attempting to cross the border into Chile, officials said Friday.

In comments to reporters Friday evening, Ben Carson slammed a Politico article, insisting he never claimed to have received a U.S. Military Academy scholarship.

Most names of alleged Ku Klux Klan members revealed on Pastebin by a hacktivist group are said to be already well-known to authorities.

In wake of the Kim Davis case, Matt Bevin, who was elected Tuesday, said he plans to have county clerks' names from the documents.

This time, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear from faith-based groups, who argue the Affordable Care Act forces them to act against their beliefs.

Mormons in same-sex marriages and their children are now subject to excommunication, a stricter standard than the church previously enforced.

Recovered data showed that “everything was normal during the flight, absolutely normal, and suddenly there was nothing.”

At Friday night's Democratic presidential forum in South Carolina, moderator Rachel Maddow is expected to press candidates over the party's struggles in the South.

Sharm el-Sheikh's beach resorts have survived protests, a coup d’état and economic turmoil that has rocked much of Egypt. But will Saturday's plane crash destroy the prized portion of the country's tourism industry?

A Transparency International report has suggested that China is secretly spending up to $65 billion extra on defense.

The financial channel has a chance to put rival CNBC to shame Tuesday when it hosts a Republican presidential debate.

The low share of prime-age adults in the U.S. workforce hasn't budged since January. That could change soon.

More tourists visit Egypt from Russia than from any other nation. So the cancellation of Russian flights to Egypt could hit its economy hard.

The former pediatric neurosurgeon had the support of 22.3 percent of likely GOP primary voters Friday when his campaign confirmed the fabrication to Politico.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia proposed a national fund be created to help end the conflict between the guerrilla group and the Colombian government.

A justice of the High Court of Gujarat issued an order decrying some Muslim men for abusing the polygamy provision in the Quran for "selfish" reasons.

“We have to do everything we can to end this kind of horrific racism or anti-Semitism,” the presidential candidate told NPR in an interview.

Environmental activists and Democrats had been hoping the president would reject the project before global climate talks in Paris this month.

The $129.6 million deal, which is considered a small defense contract by U.S. standards, will still need to be authorized by Congress.

Many in Germany were worried about the country's history of euthanasia being used by Nazis during World War II.

Welly Nzitonda, the son of a prominent Burundian human rights activist, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, was killed Friday in the Mutakura neighborhood of Bujumbura, the capital city.

"It’s worth sacrificing something of this grave amount, because I’m already not wanted here," the black student said.