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After cracking its whip on books, websites and news networks critical of its rule, the Thai junta has now targeted a simulation video game.

The announcement will occur at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, part of a three-day Africa summit in Washington.

The maneuvers include missile-firing practice and will assist "coordination between aviation and anti-missile defense."

If the charges are proven, the couple could potentially face the death penalty.

Kurdish forces have been fighting the Sunni militants since they took over parts of northern Iraq and declared a caliphate in June.

Israeli troops would be “redeployed in defensive positions outside the Gaza Strip," according to an IDF spokesperson.

Watchdog group Amnesty International accused Nigeria's army of "extensive" rights violations in the fight against Boko Haram.

President Barack Obama signed a $225 million bill into law granting Israel more money for Iron Dome.

France is trying to balance its domestic economic needs with the recent sanctions against Russia.

Mount Sinai had placed the unnamed man -- who recently traveled to an unidentified West African country -- in medical isolation.

As Obama hosts a summit of nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington, China's approach to the continent gives a useful template of action.

Egypt pushed Israel and the Palestinian delegation to agree to this latest cease-fire so that negotiations to end the conflict can begin.

The number of Americans living in poor neighborhoods grew three times faster in suburbs than cities in the 2000s.

More people are trafficking marijuana out of Colorado since the state legalized the drug in 2012, drug officials say.

From the Bay of Pigs invasion to ZunZuneo, covert U.S. plots to foment revolution in Cuba have failed.

A look at the city once known as Saigon and the city it has become after the Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh City, capitalist metropolis.

One of the GOP's top 2014 prospects, running for governor of Illinois, pledged to emulate Reagan's standoff with air traffic controllers.

Brady, paralyzed in the 1981 Reagan assassination attempt, was the namesake of a 1993 bill that requires waiting periods and background checks.

China’s worst factory accident in 13 months has General Motors -- the country’s second-largest foreign automaker -- looking for new suppliers.

An incident that probably didn't happen set in motion America's involvement in the Vietnam War.

Poppies abound at commemorations marking the start of WWI on Aug. 4, 1914.

Netanyahu vowed to continue Israel's campaign in the Gaza Strip, but added the "terror tunnel" operation is coming to an end.

Despite the partial withdrawal, fighting still rages in the north of the Strip. The south is hardly safer, and Gaza City is caught in the middle.

The outcry spurred state lawmakers to reconsider a law banning journalists from crime scenes.

Moscow said the 400 soldiers deserted the Ukrainian army, but Kiev claimed separatists forced the troops into Russian territory.

"There's no doubt that we had to act there, so that Israel will have quiet there once and for all," Cavaliers coach David Blatt said.

Two incidents in Israel's capital are thought to be linked to the Gaza conflict and have been blamed on terrorists.

France's plans to deliver two warships to Russia may change after pressure from the U.S. and EU to punish Russia over Ukraine.

In a raid in the Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel, the Egyptian military killed 11 militants and destroyed three tunnels going to Gaza.