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An image from the Russian Defense Ministry's official website reportedly shows a Russian warship launching a cruise missile Wednesday against Islamic State positions in Syria.

U.S. says several Russian missiles crashed in Iran

June 20, 2019 at 12:18 a.m.

Several Russian cruise missiles fired from warships in the Caspian Sea at rebel positions in Syria crashed instead in northern Iran, U.S. officials said Thursday, disputing Russian claims that all...

A Russian-made helicopter hovers over the airport in Latakia, Syria, on Sept. 24.

U.S. intelligence: Russia will launch attacks in Syria

June 21, 2019 at 7:23 a.m.

A secret U.S. intelligence assessment provided to the White House predicts that the Kremlin will order military strikes in Syria to help prop up President Bashar Assad's embattled government and...

U.S. believes drone strike in Yemen killed leader of Al Qaeda affiliate

June 23, 2019 at 7:52 p.m.

U.S. authorities believe a drone strike has killed the leader of Al Qaeda's feared affiliate in Yemen, a group that has repeatedly sought to launch ambitious attacks on or over...

Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribesmen inspect damaged vehicles after an attack this week on a military post in Anbar province, in western Iraq.

U.S. surprised by Islamic State’s rapid growth

June 21, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

As Islamic State fighters from Syria blitzed across northern Iraq this summer, they swept thousands of fresh recruits from Iraqi Sunni tribal militias, prisons and insurgent groups into their ranks,...

Obama, Senate make progress on NSA data-collection reform bill

March 27, 2019 at 8:26 p.m.

The Obama administration and Senate negotiators appear close to an agreement to strengthen legislation that would curtail the bulk collection of data on Americans. In May, the House passed a...

House Republicans consider their own immigration plan

June 22, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON — In a potential breakthrough for long-stalled immigration legislation, House Republicans will consider a proposal this week that would allow millions of immigrants in the country illegally to gain...

A TSA agent checks an identification card at LAX. In the wake of Friday's fatal shooting of a TSA screener at the airport, specialists on hate crimes and union officials decried what they say is a general atmosphere of mockery and derision toward TSA agents.

Shooting comes amid dwindling TSA popularity

June 18, 2018 at 4:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The killing of a TSA screener in Los Angeles is symptomatic of a growing antipathy toward government workers and TSA personnel in particular, experts said Saturday. Specialists on...

Young immigrants prepare to file for legal status today

December 24, 2018 at 11:18 a.m.

Janeth Vazquez made plans Tuesday to camp outside Navy Pier, hoping to be first in what's expected to be a long line of young people who are in the United...

Volunteers Jose Michel, 20, from left, Vicente Del Real, 23, and Jose Perez, 25, will help applicants apply for legal status at Navy Pier. Del Real, who came to America from Mexico when he was 15, is volunteering and applying for the "deferred action" initiative.

Young immigrants prepare to file for legal status today

November 3, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

Janeth Vazquez made plans Tuesday to camp outside Navy Pier, hoping to be first in what's expected to be a long line of young people who are in the United...

Gunman kills 6 at Sikh temple in Milwaukee suburb

December 24, 2018 at 11:34 a.m.

OAK CREEK, Wis. — A violent attack Sunday that killed six people at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin left congregants desperate for answers. "Over and over, (the congregants) keep asking...

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