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The Islamic State forced the world to take notice when the extremist group overran Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, in June 2014. Just months earlier, President Obama had described ISIS as “the JV team.” But by August 2014, the U.S. was bombing ISIS […]

With roughly three weeks before Americans choose a new president, voters have begun paying much closer attention to the latest polls. A lot of them are wondering: How come the results are all over the place? Last week, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appeared to […]

NNA – The head of Change and Reform parliamentary bloc, Michel Aoun, said on Sunday that respecting the national pact is the first step in the process of building the motherland. Aoun, who spoke during the mass demonstration organized by the Free Patriotic Movement to […]

NNA – Head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), and Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, said on Sunday that Lebanon, which was deprived of the National pact, was not a country. Bassil’s words came on Sunday in a speech during the commemoration of October […]

NNA – “Lebanese Forces” Party Leader, Samir Geagea, strongly denounced in an issued statement on Sunday, the terrorist attack on Egyptian soldiers in northern Sinai, considering the attack as “falling within the context of the ongoing desperate attempts to undermine Egypt’s role.” Geagea offered his […]

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis canonized Argentina’s “gaucho priest” Sunday, bestowing sainthood on the poncho-wearing pastor with whom the first Argentine pope shares many similarities, from a taste for mate tea to a dedication to bringing the ministry to even the most isolated people. Francis […]

PRISTINA/WASHINGTON — The number of fighters joining extremist groups in the Middle East from Kosovo, once the highest per capita in Europe, has come to a virtual halt, according to government officials, analysts, and ex-fighters. The turnabout comes after a government crackdown in Kosovo on […]

Secretary of State John Kerry says all options remain open for the U.S. and its allies in Syria, but he admits the United States and Europe have no ‘big appetite’ for military action, even as Russia refuses to back down. Kerry held talks in London […]

US security officials are bewildered that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has dared to doubt their allegations against the big bad russkies. Who would have thought? Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton pause during their presidential town hall […]