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The new plan aims to sidestep a U.S. court ruling in June that favored Argentina's hedge-fund bondholders.

A recent poll found that 46 percent of Scots who support independence also want to dump the royal family.

If enacted, the sanctions would bar Western oil and gas firms from working with Russia in the Arctic, deep seas or shale formations.

Iran has so far managed to win some concessions from Western nations by promising to scale back its nuclear program.

Immigration detention costs U.S. taxpayers around $2 million a year. Cheaper -- and, some say, more humane -- alternatives already exist.

The Syrian National Coalition wants to take on both ISIS and Bashar Assad, but that's not Obama's strategy.

The Honolulu City Council approved three bills, while a fourth one restricting homeless people from resting on sidewalks, was not passed.

An Amnesty International report says that 665 Thai nationals have been detained since May on grounds such as “attitude adjustment.”

Cooperation between the U.S. and Russia on space projects has been jeopardized over the latter's role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The photographs from 9/11 and its aftermath remain some of the most iconic images in modern history.

More attention is being paid now to terrorist threats, but America's wars are also breeding more extremists.

Fijian peacekeeping troops who were posted in the Golan Heights had been captured two weeks ago by the Nusra Front.

President Obama announced his strategy for a broader coalition to combat ISIS but failed to address how this will affect the Assad regime.

Pyongyang had announced the death of eight prisoners and returned the remaining five to Japan, but Tokyo had insisted on a fresh probe.

A study published by environmental regulators has said that the ozone layer around the Earth is recovering.

Some see the move as an attempt to preempt international investigations of incidents that drew widespread condemnation.

Lloyds and RBS, whose registered offices are in Edinburgh, have warned that Scottish independence would pose a big risk to their businesses.

President Obama announced his strategy to destroy ISIS: airstrikes, an international coalition, but no US combat boots on the ground.

There was bi-partisan support for confronting ISIS, but lawmakers had strong words for President Obama's foreign policy strategy.

The Kingdom has indicated it will agree to a U.S. request to host a training program for moderate Syrian opposition fighters.

President Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. would train, fund and arm more moderate opposition rebels in Syria. Who are they?

In his prime-time address, President Obama maps out plans to wipe out Islamic State through "relentless effort."

In the past two weeks, the U.S. has flown surveillance flights over Syria to gather intelligence about ISIS’s bases and movements.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford went to the hospital Wednesday for a suspected tumor.

Local police in suburban Cleveland are dealing with a possible hostage situation.

President Obama will tell Americans -- and the world -- what he plans to do about the Islamic State, Wednesday at 9 p.m. EDT.

An excerpt of Wednesday evening's speech about ISIS shows President Obama will call for U.S. airstrikes in Syria.

A new study shows that Ashkenazi Jews originated from a population of 350 people.

Israel has provided satellite imagery and other intelligence in support of the U.S.-led aerial campaign against Islamic State in Iraq, a Western diplomat said on Monday.