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Eight of the 19 people killed since Aug. 4 were beheaded for nonviolent offenses, including drug smuggling and sorcery.

The Chinese jet flew wingtip-to-wingtip with the U.S. plane, coming as close as 10 yards, and made multiple passes at the aircraft.

The Senate Majority Leader acknowledged that his remarks "were in extremely poor taste."

A cyber attack at a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees compromised data of at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, agency officials said on Friday.

"The operation needs to end with the Hamas waving a white flag," Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said.

Militants have called for attacks against U.S. interests, and even sleeper-cell attacks in the West, following U.S. airstrikes against ISIS.

Iraq's three most prominent Sunni electoral groups have withdrawn from talks until the gunmen are brought to justice.

Foley was a freelancer for the GlobalPost, which reportedly paid millions to try and track the journalist down. But was it money well spent?

The Obama administration said it will not 'be restricted by borders' when dealing with threats to US security.

Ghana's capital city of Accra is the epicenter of the crisis.

Negotiating with ISIS might have saved James Foley. But the U.S., unlike European nations, doesn't do that -- nor does it pay ransoms.

NATO, the Pentagon and Ukrainian officials condemned a purported Russian aid convoy's entrance into Ukraine.

Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui is one of the prisoners ISIS wanted released by the U.S. She is serving 86 years in a federal prison.

The Obama administration vowed to eradicate the Islamic State after the militants beheaded American journalist James Foley on video.

The Pentagon has protested what it said were dangerous maneuvers by a Chinese warplane, including a barrel roll over a U.S. surveillance jet.

Following the killing of U.S. journalist James Foley, Muslims from around the world voiced their outrage on social media.

2.9 million Syrians have fled the country and another 6.4 million are internally displaced. The UN believes it has "failed."

New York Times Afghanistan correspondent Matthew Rosenberg was forced to leave the country after officials were angered by his reporting.

Political analysts say national politics are pulling Scott Brown closer to incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.

Some foreign policy experts are calling on the White House to align with Syrian President Bashar Assad against ISIS.

In an SEC filing, the software giant reveals how much U.S. taxpayers are losing from the company's use of offshore subsidiaries.

The "inevitability" talk surrounding Hillary Clinton and the 2016 race mirrors her 2008 campaign. Will the result be any different?

Irish health authorities were testing a man who had recently returned from Africa and died Thursday after complaining of a fever.

Irom Sharmila has been on a hunger strike since 2000, demanding the repeal of a law that grants far-reaching powers to India’s armed forces.

Pictures of a smiling Obama golfing and a grieving Foley family don't look good, political observers say.

The Russian and Norwegian firms had already entered into a drilling agreement worth up to $4.25 billion in July.

The route was shut for nearly three hours after the accident to allow easy access to teams of investigators and rescuers.

Israel's Shin Bet, which helped kill three Hamas commanders Thursday, relies on informers to locate the whereabouts of Hamas leaders.

Kerala, which boasts of India's highest literacy rate, is also the largest consumer of alcohol in the country.