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Allies Vow To Destroy IS As Attacks Overshadow Talks

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group vowed to crush the jihadists Wednesday at a meeting overshadowed...

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Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and...

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US Senator Warns of ‘tough Decisions’ With Syrian Kurds

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria faces "tough decisions" on how much it should support...

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Laptop Ban Sparks Ire Among Mideast Travellers

Travellers across the Middle East expressed frustration Wednesday at a ban on large electronic devices for flights to...

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33 Dead In US-Led North Syria Air Strike

At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a...

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Flight Ban On Laptops ‘sparked By IS Threat’

An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound...

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Coalition Gathers To Hear Trump Islamic State Plan

The 68-nation US-led coalition against the Islamic State group will meet in Washington on Wednesday to accelerate...

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Transatlantic Bond ‘getting Stronger’

The transatlantic bond is "getting stronger," Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told NATO's Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, the...

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Pentagon Launches Probe After Strike Near Syria Mosque

The US military is probing allegations that a strike targeting Al-Qaeda leaders near a mosque in northern Syria killed...

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Three US Soldiers Wounded In Afghan ‘insider Attack’

Three American troops were wounded Sunday when an Afghan soldier opened fire in southern Helmand province, officials...

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US Insists Al-Jinah Raid Targeted Al-Qaeda, Not Mosque

The US has denied hitting a mosque in Syria where activists say dozens of people, mostly civilians, were killed. The...

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Trump To Slash Foreign Aid In ‘hard Power’ Budget Plan

President Donald Trump will propose drastic cuts to America's foreign aid and environmental programs in a...

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US Plans For Syria Include Another 1,000 Troops

Up to 1,000 additional US troops could deploy to northern Syria under provisional plans drawn up by the Pentagon, a US...

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Russian, US Forces Eyeball Each Other In Syrian City

American and Russian troops are now both present in the northern Syrian city of Manbij and can clearly see each other...

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Trump Gives CIA Power To Conduct Drone Strikes

President Donald Trump's administration has given new powers to the CIA to conduct drone strikes against extremist...

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US Military Deploys Attack Drone To S. Korea

The US Army is permanently stationing an attack drone system and its support personnel in South Korea amid ongoing...

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Tillerson To East Asia In Shadow of North Korea Threat

With North Korea's drive to field a nuclear-armed missile rapidly emerging as President Donald Trump's first foreign...

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US Military Nude Photo Sharing Scandal Widens Beyond Marines

US servicemen from all parts of the military have been sharing nude photos of their female colleagues online, it has...

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US Military Faces Burgeoning Nude Picture-Sharing Scandal

The Pentagon faced a burgeoning scandal Friday as more pictures of naked female service members apparently shared...