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The U.K. raised its terror threat level to "severe," meaning a terrorist attack is "highly likely."

After more than 20 years as an independent country, Ukraine looks to join NATO. Other ex-Soviet nations already have.

Despite the president's unpopularity, the House Democrats' campaign arm is faring better at fundraising in 2014 than it did in 2010.

Rick Perry might be enjoying a rise among Republicans after being indicted. But will it last?

A computer seized in Syria was found to contain worrying documents about possibly using the plague to infect Western cities.

Questions about missing oil funds run rampant in Nigeria, but the group tasked with policing the industry is struggling to do its job.

The president is expected to announce executive orders on immigration reform after Labor Day. Here are five possible actions he could take.

Some parents of U.S. college students are worried about their kids rooming with students from West Africa.

City leaders hope to repair the damage done by the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, but changes could take years to implement.

The move is sure to rile up Russia, which is under increasing international pressure to end its direct support of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Ted Cruz hired three political operatives with ties to presidential primary states, fueling speculation about a run in 2016.

The Islamic State reportedly picked on James Foley because it found photographs of his brother working in the U.S. Air Force.

Jimmy Lai, who spent millions promoting the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, had his home raided by anti-corruption officers.

The plaintiffs allege civil rights violations through arrests and assaults by police officers, following the shooting of Michael Brown.

The UN peacekeepers were seized in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and the United Nations is working to secure their release.

The 'hacktivist' collective urged Missouri workers to strike in protest at the police shooting of black teenager Michael Brown.

The company will cut 30 percent of its workforce in a $1.9 billion restructuring, following the twin air disasters that have damaged its brand.

U.S. government lawyers have said that information related to UANI in the lawsuit could jeopardize law enforcement activities.

The separatists say they will allow civilians and government troops who lay dow their arms to leave, following a request from Vladimir Putin.

The U.N.'s refugee agency says that the conflict in Syria is now "the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era."

Using social media, intercepted communications and monitoring of citizens abroad, U.S. law enforcement said it was able to identify citizens fighting in Syria.

ISIS apparently beheaded a Kurdish prisoner in a graphic video reminiscent of the video showing the execution of James Foley.

Americans who want to renounce their U.S. citizenship have to pay $2,350.

Smith is a leader of the secretive Google X lab.

The White House quickly moved to clarify Obama's statement that the U.S. did not have a strategy in place yet to deal with ISIS in Syria.

Obama's tan suit was the talk of Twitter Thursday.

The president says a "military solution to this problem is not going to be forthcoming.”

Defeating the "cancer" will take a coalition of regional partners and a stabilization of the situation in Syria.

China's government is making the country's most popular networks carve out time to air anti-Japanese and "anti-fascist" content.