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The United States has expanded its air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militant group targets, hitting an IS fighting position near Baghdad firing on Iraqi security forces. U.S. lawmakers Tuesday begin debating providing military assistance to rebels opposed to both IS militants and Syria’s government.

Special Representative for Haiti Sandra Honoré briefs the Security Council.

Australia's terrorism alert level has been raised from medium to high, meaning the risk of an attack is considered to be likely.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Turkey Friday to help build international support in the fight against Islamic State extremists.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Saudi Arabia for talks with Arab leaders on an international coalition against Islamic State militants. Secretary Kerry is following up on President Barack Obama's push to "degrade and destroy" the group in both Iraq and Syria.

The State Department is leading a U.S. delegation that will meet with Russian officials in Moscow Thursday to discuss Russia's alleged violation of provisions in the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces accord.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says Russia has pulled more than two-thirds of its forces out of eastern Ukraine.

Japan's nuclear regulator has given final approval to restart two reactors shut down following the Fukushima nuclear meltdown three years ago.

President Barack Obama is preparing to lay out his strategy against militants of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria when he delivers an address to Americans Wednesday night.

The head of a leading Syrian rebel group was killed Tuesday along with at least 12 other people.