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The border between the two countries is porous, and Sunni militants from Pakistan often conduct attacks in Iran.

The Afghan opened fire on U.S. troops after a meeting between a U.S. official and local leaders in eastern Afghanistan.

The share of voters who do not identify with either of the major parties is at its highest in over 75 years, the Pew Survey finds.

The Islamic State group is paying youths to enroll in the camp in Deir ez-Zor province in Syria.

Turnout more than doubled on Tuesday among Ferguson's registered voters, following civil unrest sparked by Michael Brown's shooting death last year.

About 360 police officers in the region conducted about 13 raids to arrest the suspects.

Federal prosecutors had charged the terror plot suspect with conspiring to support ISIS.

The stabbing attack is the second one in the West Bank in less than a week.

An anonymous Russian official told local media that the country was "ready to discuss the possibility of granting Greece new loans."

Departures follow the government's austerity drive which has cut the wages of top employees by half.

Seoul had urged activists to stop sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets to North Korea, saying it could worsen ties between the countries.

The highly addictive crystalline form of methamphetamine has doubled in use in the last few years.

Saudi Arabia has been the top recipient of U.S. weapons exports under President Barack Obama.

The Justice Department has already asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court in New Orleans to lift the injunction granted at the urging of 26 states.

Election watchers reported early signs of increased voter turnout on Tuesday, likely inspired by civil unrest after Michael Brown's death last year.

Approximately 100,000 additional Russian forces are present in Crimea or on the other side of Russia’s border with Ukraine, the retired general said.

Barbara Lacy spent over a dozen years with Clinton before opting for HBO's parody of the inner workings of the White House.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter kicked off talks with his Japanese counterpart on Wednesday aimed at demonstrating that the two countries' security alliance is tighter than ever amid China's growing assertiveness in the region.

The 55-year-old former White House chief of staff received 56 percent of votes tallied from 73 percent of precincts.

A Michigan-based Islamist preacher whose online sermons have been a leading source of inspiration for foreign fighters in Syria is free to return to social media after restrictions on his Internet use lapsed.

Officer Michael Slager was arrested after a video of the confrontation showed he shot Walter Scott, apparently unarmed, multiple times in the back.

A hack late last year of the State Department was a mere stepping-stone for Russian hackers, the report claims.

Kenya needs more help from its U.S. and European allies with intelligence and security measures to help prevent further massacres by Somali militants, Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed told Reuters on Tuesday.

Rand Paul has sought to create his own identity but is replicating the fundraising effort his father popularized.

Democrats and organized labor are backing a ballot initiative to boost wages for employees under 18.

Kansas residents on welfare would be prevented from spending their benefits at movie theaters, nail salons and other places deemed nonessential.

Republicans and Democrats, Presidents Bush and Obama: Rand Paul is an equal opportunity critic. Is his independence a winning strategy?

The fire on a nuclear submarine Tuesday was only the latest in a string of serious, often fatal, accidents to a once-mighty fleet.

“I feel we need to direct our resources first and foremost to the legal residents of Texas," state Sen. Donna Campbell said.