Reuters
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 06:59
U.S. President Barack Obama unveils his final White House budget on Tuesday with a blueprint for fiscal year 2017 that will lay out his spending proposals for priorities from fighting Islamic State to providing for the poor.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 05:57
The National Liberation Army, Colombia's second-largest leftist rebel group, must release a civilian and a soldier held hostage before the government will agree to begin a peace process, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:31
The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State militants with 10 strikes in Iraq on Saturday and seven strikes in Syria, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:13
The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) said on Sunday it was ready to supply ground troops to help support and train an international military coalition against Islamic State in Syria provided such efforts were led by the United States.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:05
The Islamic State (IS) militant group has been forced to cut its fighters' pay by up to 50 percent because U.S.-led air strikes have had a substantial impact on the money it makes from oil, a senior U.S official said on Monday.
Friday, February 5, 2016 - 06:28
White House spokesman Josh Earnest says ground fighting efforts by coalition partners of the United States are having an effect in the conflict against Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 06:37
U.S. President Barack Obama will continue to be updated on the risks of the spread of Islamic State to Libya, and the United States will take action in the North African country to counter that threat if necessary, the White House said on Wednesday.
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 06:24
Iraq has received a second batch of F-16 fighter jets from the United States, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 06:41
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State aims this year to recapture Iraq’s second city Mosul, working with Iraqi government forces, and drive the jihadis out of Raqqa, their stronghold in northeast Syria, Arab and Western officials say.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 07:33
Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, told Reuters: "Now our rules of engagement are: you are close to the border, you are killed."