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The Obama administration has been forced to suspend counterterrorism operations with Yemen in the aftermath of the collapse of its government, according to U.S. officials, a move that abruptly eases…
Jack Ma spoke with Charlie Rose at Davos. On Friday, Ma sat down with Charlie Rose at the World Economic Forum for a conversation that ranged from Ma’s rejection from…
It’s not like this uneasiness is concentrated only in one country, or all for a common reason. There’s Islamic extremism, political turnover, faltering oil prices and, let’s not forget, age-old…
The most conservative lawmakers in the House Republican majority have gotten their way a lot in recent years. That may be starting to change. A group of more pragmatic lawmakers…
Hollande said his government would also improve the tax system to encourage companies, entrepreneurs and workers to come to France. “We’re investing in bringing investment to France,” he said. –…
Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine said Friday that they will continue to fight for more territory and will refuse to consider any new cease-fire proposals. Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko said…
BANGKOK — Dormant political tensions re-emerged in Thailand on Friday when the military junta’s handpicked assembly impeached the country’s former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra. Shortly before the vote, which imposed…
By Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The mother of a Japanese journalist being held captive by Islamic State militants along with another Japanese citizen appealed for his safe…
LONDON — Battered by a sharp decline in oil prices, Iraq is asking Western allies to provide weapons on credit for its fight against the Islamic State until Baghdad is…
Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank president, said Thursday that the governing council agreed to a quantitative easing program that will see it buy up to 60 billion euros’ worth…
The Houthi rebelsShiite Muslims who have long felt marginalized in the majority Sunni countrykidnapped presidential Chief of Staff Ahmed bin Mubarak in the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday. The rebels then…
TOKYO — Officials here said Thursday that they were trying every possible avenue to reach the Islamic State militants who have threatened to kill two Japanese hostages but had so…
FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank is widely expected to announce on Thursday that it will finally begin buying government bonds as part of a so-called quantitative easing program. In…
LONDON — President Vladimir V. Putin surprised the world in December when he aborted long-laid plans for a natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea to Europe, saying Russia would…
At the end of every school year, Stephen Lazar, a New York City social studies teacher, would stand in front of his students and apologize to them for turning into…
Seven religious freedom advocates have offered to personally receive 100 lashes each in the place of Raif Badawi, a liberal Saudi blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in…
The Houthi are Shia from northern Yemen and make up about 30% of the population. They’ve been at war with the central government for the best part of a decade….
Biya did not detail how, when or where the operation took place. He said he was thankful to all those who “directly or indirectly helped in the achievement … and…
Time is running out: ISIS put out a video Tuesday giving the Japanese government 72 hours to pay $200 million, or else Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawalike other ISIS captives…
Greg Behrman’s resume highlights include Wall Street worker, federal government official, scholar and military veteran. But the latest entry could be “handyman” — as he’s now helping to repair America’s…
Houthi rebels stood guard Wednesday outside President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi’s residence, a senior Houthi resistance movement leader told CNN, amid uncertainty over who is in control of the volatile…
More than 80% of government revenue comes directly from the casinos. When the industry booms and tax revenue jumps, residentsmost of whom are employed in the businessreceive payouts from the…
The black-clad ISIS militant shown in a video demanding a $200 million ransom to spare the lives of two Japanese citizens looks and sounds similar to the man who has…
“No crime to seek asylum, we are in manus jail.” He’s been there for 18 months and now finds himself witness to a mass hunger strike by as many as…
Days after North Korea’s most famous defector revealed some of the details in his accounts about life in prison camps weren’t true, the country’s government fired back Tuesday. Shin Dong-hyuk’s…
(Adds quotes, detail, background) DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The Islamic State armed group which holds swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria issued a video online on Tuesday purporting…
Two Japanese men have been threatened with death by the Islamic State group if their government doesn’t pay a huge ransom. A look at hostages and Japan, and its interests…
Lacking strong clout and diplomatic reach in the Middle East, Japan scrambled Thursday for ways to secure the release of two hostages held by the Islamic State group, as two…
WASHINGTON — In an effort to fund scientific research in the era of divided government, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is seeking to force lawbreaking pharmaceutical companies to carry a heavier…
In the United States, the top 1% control more than one third of the nation’s resources. Two out of three Americans disapprove of the current distribution of income and wealth….