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WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama observed during remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday that this year is the first Memorial Day in 14 years “that the United States is n...

ABUJA, NIGERIA — (CNN) Boko Haram militants hacked 10 people to death in a Friday raid on a village in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state, a local government administrator said Monday. Doze...

BAGHDAD — (CNN) Close to 55,000 people have fled Ramadi since ISIS captured the city, a United Nations agency said, with most of the displaced persons heading to Baghdad. Meanwhile, forces loyal...

NANJING, CHINA — (CNN) The Solar Impulse 2, the experimental plane that pilots are trying to fly around the world without using a drop of fuel, had been set to take off from China early Tuesday ...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Most of us want to do the right thing. We don’t want to steal office supplies or lie on an expense report. But we all face temptations, and sometimes we give in to them. A...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s remarks that the Iraqi military “showed no will to fight” during the fall of the key city of Ramadi to ISIS have deepened...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA — (CNN) When ISIS captures a city, the bloodshed is hardly over, as the militants summarily execute captive fighters and residents by the dozens. In Syria, they have killed more ...

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND — (CNN) FIFA President Sepp Blatter is trying to broker a deal between the Palestinian Football Association and the Israel Football Association ahead of this week’s FIF...

CLEVELAND — (CNN) How can a police officer fire 15 shots into a car with two unarmed people inside and then get acquitted after their deaths?That’s exactly what happened when a judge annou...

SANTA BARBARA (CNN)–Authorities intensified their response Friday to this week’s Santa Barbara oil spill by announcing remedies and additional investigations.Meanwhile, environmentalists d...