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US Fed announces historic rate increase, first since 2006
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday its first interest rate increase in more than nine years in a landmark move signaling the US ...U.S. defense chief Carter, in Baghdad, seeks to step up Islamic State fight
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Iraqi leaders on Wednesday discussed the idea of greater U.S. contributions to the fight against Islamic ...UK unemployment rate nears decade low
Britain\'s unemployment rate fell to the lowest level in almost a decade during October, official data showed on Wednesday.Shaky ceasefire holds in Yemen as rivals meet
A fragile ceasefire between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed rebels appeared to be generally holding Wednesday despite breaches, as UN-sponsored peace talks ...Russia suspends free-trade deal with Ukraine from 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree to suspend its free-trade agreement with Ukraine as of January 1, according to ...Republicans debate how to defeat jihadists, rivals hit Trump
Republican presidential hopefuls put Islamic State jihadists in their crosshairs as they debated how to keep America safe, with Jeb Bush and ...Kerry calls for common ground with Russia on Syria, Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Tuesday for the United States and Russia to find "common ground" on contentious differences over ...Obama says military hitting IS group harder than ever
US President Barack Obama voiced fresh determination to destroy the Islamic State Monday, vowing to kill the group\'s leaders and win back ...Argentina bus crash leaves 43 border patrol officers dead
A bus carrying Argentine border patrol officers blew a tire and tumbled from a bridge into a dry river bed in the ...Yemen rivals agree on ceasefire
A ceasefire in Yemen is set to begin Monday at midnight on the eve of UN-brokered peace talks in Switzerland, a government ...