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Iraq

There’s a new way to measure global freedom

Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote, "He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave." Tocqueville's observation about the French Revolution sets the tone for the Human Freedom Index (HFI), a new report that offers a comprehensive measure of

Syria

Syrian opposition delegation arrives in Geneva

GENEVA (AP) — The main Syrian opposition delegation arrived in Switzerland Saturday night, however it remained unclear whether the delegation would actually participate in U.N.-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending Syria's civil war. The indirect peace talks began here Friday with a meeting between the United Nations

terrorism

Geneva police hunting 4 suspects said to have IS ties

GENEVA (AP) — Working on a tip from the CIA, Geneva police were hunting for at least four suspects allegedly linked to the radical Islamic State group and believed to be plotting a "specific" attack in the city, Swiss officials said Thursday. As city police raised their security alert

President Barack Obama

Obama apologizes to aid group for US attack on Afghan clinic

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday for the American air attack that killed at least 22 people at its hospital in Afghanistan, and said the U.S. would examine military procedures to look for better ways to prevent such incidents. Obama's telephone