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Trump vows to put ‘America first’ in foreign policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare formal policy speech, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to put American security "above all…
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Is the U.S. military strategy doing more harm or good in the Middle East?
Editor's note: This article is part of our collaboration with Point Taken, a new program from WGBH that will next…
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US grapples with renewed show of force by IS in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is grappling with a renewed show of force by Islamic State militants as they advanced again toward…
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Islamic State oil revenue cut in half, U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Air strikes, a drop in the price of oil, and counter-smuggling efforts by neighboring countries have combined to cut…
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Navy SEAL killed in Iraq was part of rescue team
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy SEAL killed during a firefight in Iraq was part of a quick reaction force that moved in to…
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Islamic State fight ‘far from over,’ Carter says
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — The combat death of an American Navy SEAL in Iraq shows that despite recent gains against the Islamic State…
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Trump: ‘Every move we made in the Middle East was wrong’
(CNSNews.com) — "Every move we made in the Middle East was wrong," Republican Donald Trump told "Fox News Sunday.…
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Stories of ISIS victims are emerging, and they’re unbelievably brutal
New York City, N.Y. (CNA) — (Editor's note: This article includes explicit descriptions of violence. Reader discretion is advised.) The…
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ISIS advances against rebels in north Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Militants from the Islamic State group seized five villages from Syrian rebels close to the Turkish border Wednesday, further weakening…
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Obama adds 250 troops to fight against Islamic State in Syria
AERZEN, Germany (AP) — President Barack Obama declared he is sending 250 more military personnel to Syria to help local forces fighting the…
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Media ignore the big issues, focus on the trivial
This week, at a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Timothy Dolan at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City for Catholic…
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Syria’s Palmyra arch, destroyed by ISIS, recreated in London
LONDON (AP) — A 2,000-year-old triumphal arch destroyed by the Islamic State group in Syria has risen again — in replica…
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‘You are not forgotten,’ Cardinal Dolan tells Iraq’s Christians and Yazidis
Dohuk, Iraq (CNA/EWTN News) — On his second full day in Iraq, Cardinal Timothy Dolan traveled three hours to Dohuk, the city…
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Do our leaders have the political will to fight ISIS?
President Obama is signaling his plans for an extensive effort aimed at getting Merrick Garland confirmed to the Supreme Court. A front-…
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After Brussels, leaders tackling threat of nuclear terrorism
WASHINGTON (AP) — Still reeling from attacks in Brussels and Paris, world leaders are wrestling this week with the chilling prospect of the…
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Syria: 150 mines removed so far in Palmyra’s ancient site
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian antiquities official says demining experts have so far removed 150 bombs planted by the Islamic State group…
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Syrian forces recapture ancient city of Palmyra from ISIS
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra on Sunday, scoring an important victory over Islamic State fighters…
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Brussels terror attacks: A continent-wide crisis that threatens core European ideals
The attacks of March 22 in Brussels were shocking, but not surprising. They reinforced what many have known for years: Belgium has…
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Clinton says she, not Trump, can stop ISIS
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Clinton is doing what Republican rivals now say they took far too long to do: Taking Donald Trump…
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House terrorism chair: Strategy against ISIS a complete failure
(CNSNews.com) – In the wake of Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack in Brussels, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism,…
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Kerry determines ISIS committing genocide in Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that the Islamic State group is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities…
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Genocide resolution coming to a vote
(CNSNews.com) – The House of Representatives on Monday evening is expected to vote on, and pass, a bipartisan resolution declaring that atrocities…
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KoC: U.S. must conclude there’s genocide against Mideast Christians
(CNSNews.com) – The Knights of Columbus, along with In Defense of Christians, released a comprehensive report Thursday documenting eyewitness accounts of Christians…
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Iraqi officials: US captured top ISIS chemical arms engineer
BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. special forces captured the head of the Islamic State group's unit trying to develop chemical weapons…
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WH: Captured ISIS leaders being handled case by case
(CNSNews.com) – At President Obama's direction, the U.S. military is sending expeditionary teams to capture and interrogate Islamic State…
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ISIS briefly takes center of Libyan city, beheads 12
CAIRO (AP) — Islamic State affiliates in Libya briefly took over the security headquarters in the western city of Sabratha, killing and beheading…
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Terrorist’s widow indicted in connection with rape, death of American hostage
(CNSNews.com) – An Iraqi woman in whose home Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi allegedly…
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Hand-waving at evil
In the early morning hours of March 13, 1964, a woman named Kitty Genovese was raped and stabbed to death mere steps…
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ISIS-claimed blast kills 45 amid shaky start to Syria talks
GENEVA (AP) — A triple bombing claimed by the extremist Islamic State group killed at least 45 people near the Syrian capital of…
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Paris attackers were versed in atrocity, ISIS video shows
PARIS (AP) — A new video released by the Islamic State group purports to show the extremists who carried out the Nov. 13…
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Islamic State razing of Iraq monastery condemned
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The Obama Administration and the Vatican condemned the Islamic State Wednesday for razing Iraq's oldest Christian monastery,…
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US, allies agree to intensify fight against Islamic State
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter won agreement Wednesday from defense ministers from France and five other nations to intensify…
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Christmas display shows Santa’s disapproval of terror group
LIMERICK, Maine (AP) — Deputies paid a visit to a southern Maine home after its owner's raunchy anti-terrorist Christmas light…
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Muslim clerics must reject notions of non-Muslim inferiority
(RNS) — After the Paris attacks and mass shooting at San Bernardino, the debates on Islam have predictably intensified, feeding hysteria and Islamophobia.…
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Priest who survived ISIS: ‘My interfaith work saved my life’
ROME (RNS) — A Syrian priest held hostage for months by the ISIS terrorist group is certain his life was saved due to…
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For persecuted Mideast Christians, Obama admin tongue-tied on genocide
While Christians in Iraq and Syria face the threat of extinction at the hands of the Islamic State terror group, the U.…
