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US soldier freed in Afghanistan, five Taliban prisoners leave Guantanamo
A US soldier captured nearly five years ago in Afghanistan was freed Saturday in exchange for five Taliban inmates held at the ...Afghanistan roadside bomb kills 12 civilians
At least 12 people, including seven women, have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.Russia suspends U.S. pig imports over virus fears
Russia said on Thursday it was suspending pig imports from the United States due to concern about outbreaks of the deadly Porcine ...Russian, German and US astronauts dock with ISS
A crew of Russian, German and US astronauts docked with the International Space Station Thursday as space cooperation between Moscow and the ...Obama outlines foreign policy at West Point
President Barack Obama is declaring American isolationism is not an option and used his speech at ...US poet Maya Angelou dies at 86
Maya Angelou, the American poet and author, died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Wednesday. She was 86.US tells its nationals to leave Libya
The State Department on Tuesday told US citizens in Libya to leave immediately, warning that the security situation in the country was ...Edward Snowden says U.S. trained him as spy
US intelligence whistle-blower Edward Snowden says in a US television interview that he was "trained as a spy" and worked undercover, overseas ...US plans full Afghan withdrawal by end of 2016
President Obama announced Tuesday that he aims to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year, ...Karzai refused to meet Obama at Bagram Air Base, says US official
Afghan President Hamid Karzai was offered a meeting with President Barack Obama at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul but declined, a US ...