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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” until the rest of the world “comes to its senses” regarding nuclear weapons. His comments on Twitter came hours after Russian President Vladimir […]

Islamic State in Syria released a video Thursday that purportedly shows two captured Turkish soldiers being burned to death, a U.S.-based monitoring group and media sources said. The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant groups online, said the Aleppo Province of the Islamic State in […]

The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, is warning against in-kind retaliation by the U.S. government for Russian hacking during the election. In an interview with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly, Brennan said, “They do some things that are beyond the pale,” referencing those […]

When President-elect Donald Trump enters office on Jan. 20, the bloody war in Syria against the Assad regime will be nearing its sixth year. What should Trump do about one of the most intractable problems he will face as president? We asked several analysts and […]

Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump made his opposition clear. A US official told the BBC that it had been considering an abstention, which would have allowed the motion to pass. […]

A year ago, it would have been unthinkable that Russia and Turkey could hold cordial talks a day after the gunning down of a Russian diplomat in Ankara. But Tuesday, there were no public recriminations over the slaying of ambassador Andrei Karlov as Russian and […]

The Obama administration said Thursday it is officially scrapping a post-9/11 requirement for immigrant men from predominantly Muslim countries to register with the federal government. The decision to end the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or NSEERs, comes amid growing international terror fears and suggestions […]

All the difficulties and dire conditions failed to reduce the enthusiasm of the Syrian refugee children and desire for learning and obtaining education.   The European Union’s envoy to Lebanon Christina Lassen paid a visit to these children who live in a refugee camp in […]

The process of drafting the new government’s policy statement has been progressing quickly, as obstacles vanish and settlements take over.   The committee tasked with drafting the statement agreed over being inspired by the presidential oath of office, while remaining away from the controversial “people, […]