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India picks Israel’s Spike anti-tank missile over U.S. Javelin

NEW DELHI: India has opted to buy Israel's Spike anti-tank guided missile, a defence ministry… Read More

Ground offensive against Islamic State months away in Iraq: U.S.

FLORIDA: Iraqi forces are months away from being able to start waging any kind of… Read More

Turkey to let Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani as U.S. drops arms to defenders

ANKARA/BEIRUT:  Turkey said on Monday it would allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to reinforce fellow Kurds… Read More

China says it’s hard to resume cyber security talks with U.S.

BEIJING: Resuming cyber security cooperation between China and the United States would be difficult because of… Read More

Data show U.S. economic pulse still strong

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to a 14-year low… Read More

Islamic State seizes large areas of Syrian town despite air strikes

MURSITPINAR: Islamic State fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of… Read More

U.S. charges man over selling of cellphone spyware app

WASHINGTON: In their first criminal case on mobile spyware, U.S. authorities have charged a man… Read More

Obama says misread Islamic State; Qaeda warns of attacks on West

BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR: President Barack Obama has acknowledged that U.S. intelligence underestimated the rise of Islamic State… Read More

U.S. may keep secret prisoners in custody after Afghan war exit

KABUL: The fate of a group of prisoners held in near-total secrecy by U.S. forces at… Read More

Saudi Arabia warns Yemen violence could threaten global security

DUBAI: The world's largest oil exporter, which shares a long border with Yemen, welcomed an… Read More

Chicago-area air traffic center fire grounds 1,750 flights

CHICAGO:  A fire apparently set by an employee at a Chicago-area air traffic control center… Read More

Islamic State tightens siege of Syria town, more Europeans join alliance

KARACA, TURKEY/BAGHDAD: Islamic State fighters tightened their siege of a town on Syria's border with… Read More

Drone strike kills seven in Datta Khel

MIRANSHAH: Seven people were killed in a drone attack at Datta Khel area of North… Read More

Afghanistan’s Karzai slams U.S., Pakistan in farewell speech

KABUL: Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday blamed the United States for his country's… Read More

U.S. says won’t link Iran cooperation on Islamic State to nuclear talks

WASHINGTON: The United States said on Monday it will refuse any effort by Iran to gain… Read More

U.S. rules out military coordination with Iran

PARIS: The United States on Monday ruled out any possibility of future military coordination with… Read More

Islamic State attracts female jihadis from U.S. heartland

MINNEAPOLIS: U.S. law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland… Read More

U.S. criticizes Israeli appropriation of West Bank land

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday took the unusual step of publicly criticizing Israel for… Read More

U.S. urges restraint in Pakistan political crisis

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday called for restraint by all sides in Pakistan's political… Read More

U.S. planes strike militants, drop aid near Iraq’s Amerli

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: The United States carried out air strikes on Saturday against Islamic State fighters near… Read More