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The leaders of major industrial nations including the U.S. and Russia said in a Group of Eight declaration that they are united in wanting a negotiated and peaceful end to the Syrian civil war that will produce a government "that inspires public confidence," but they did not call on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down.The declaration at the end of the two-day G-8 summit Tuesday in Northern Ireland seeks to narrow the ground between Russia and Western leaders on starting peace talks in Geneva that could end with the ouster of Assad from power.Russia refused to back a declaration that made such a goal explicit.Tuesday's G-8 declaration also participants in any peace talks must agree to expel Al Qaeda-linked fighters from Syria. It commits a further $1.5 billion in aid for Syrian refugees and condemns human rights abuses committed by government forces and rebels alike.And reflecting the profound divisions that remain after two days of talks, the British host, Prime Minister David C...
A former Marine whose doctor reportedly says he only has four months to live in a fight against bone cancer is now taking on another challenger: his landlord, who is...
Police aren't expected to seek charges in the death of an Arizona man who was accidentally shot by his 4-year-old son, authorities said.Justin Stanfield Thomas, 35, ...
In a surprise move, King Abdullah II ( search ) postponed a White House meeting with President Bush this week, citing questions Monday about the U.S. commitment to ...
A Shiite militia has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack over the weekend on a sprawling camp near Baghdad that killed two members of an Iranian exile group.S...
Capitol Hill lawmakers pressed President Obama on Sunday to go beyond supplying Syrian rebels with small arms and to consider imposing a no-fly zone over the war-tor...
The leader of al-Qaida's Iraq arm defiantly rejected an order from the terror network's global command to scrap a merger with the organization's Syria affiliate, acc...
The leader of Al Qaeda's Iraq arm defiantly rejected an order from the terror network's global command to scrap a merger with the organization's Syria affiliate, acc...
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Names Susan Rice as national security advisor
The Wall Street Journal’s Dan Henninger scrutinizes recent speeches on national security.
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It is arguably the world's most widely talked about weapons, and one of the most elusive. The question of whether or not Russia has supplied the S-300 air defense mi...
Part 2 of Eric Bolling's interview with Edward Snowden's father
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A cardinal rule in foreign policy is this: if your enemies are busy killing each other, don't step in and try to stop them. Yet, that's exactly what we would be doi...
Obama tries to repair image at home by going abroad and is the US "rushing" to war in Syria?
Fallout from NSA leak situation
Though president said permanent state of war would be foolish for US, NSA controversy may prove that he has expanded the surveillance 'war' scope
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