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An activist chants slogans outside the Russian Embassy in Ukraine in February while standing next to symbolic golden toilets, a reference to the rumored excesses of then-President Viktor Yanukovich.

How do countries rank on corruption?

June 23, 2019 at 7:48 a.m.

From war-ravaged backwaters to the world's economic powerhouses, little progress was recorded over the last year in the fight against bribe-takers and backroom dealers, Transparency International reported in its annual...

Obama unveils strategy against Islamic State: How did we get here?

June 21, 2019 at 5:20 p.m.

President Obama on Wednesday unveiled his strategy to defeat the extremist group Islamic State "wherever they exist." For a president who has prided himself on ending the war in Iraq,...

Obama to Karzai: Clean it up

August 22, 2021 at 6:37 p.m.

-- President Barack Obama, facing a major new setback to his goals in Afghanistan as he weighs whether to send more troops, bluntly warned the country's leader Monday to get...

Military expands path to citizenship

August 22, 2021 at 8:58 a.m.

Looking more like a student than a soldier, "Abhinab," a 25-year-old man from India, raised his right hand and pledged to defend the United States against all enemies. The enlistment...

Africans look to lift continent

August 22, 2021 at 5:40 a.m.

Dressed in sleek suits and eye-catching robes, 13 African first ladies stepped onto a red carpet this week and mingled with Hollywood celebrities. Although they appeared to enjoy the limelight,...

U.S. is accused of killing 7 civilians

August 21, 2021 at 10:12 p.m.

A local Iraqi police chief on Thursday accused the U.S. military of killing seven Iraqi civilians, including at least one child, in a helicopter strike in northern Iraq. The U.S....

Iraq troops move into Sadr City

August 21, 2021 at 9:05 p.m.

Sadr City residents awoke Tuesday to a sight many had not seen in years: Iraqi soldiers deployed in the deepest reaches of the Baghdad district, which is a bastion of...

Iraqi fighters get ultimatum

August 21, 2021 at 10:49 p.m.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gave Shiite Muslim militiamen in Basra three days to surrender as fighting raged Wednesday in the southern Shiite heartland and parts of Baghdad, leaving more than...

Turkey ceases offensive in Iraq

August 22, 2021 at 3:05 a.m.

Turkey announced Friday that it had pulled its troops out of northern Iraq, concluding a large-scale offensive against Kurdish separatist guerrillas that has strained relations between the two U.S. allies....

General in Iraq: `Succeed we will’

August 21, 2021 at 12:10 p.m.

Gen. George Casey, the top commander in Iraq, voiced confidence Saturday that the United States would not abandon its mission in this violence-racked country amid a post-election re-evaluation of Iraq...

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