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US Defense Secretary Ash Carter has said it appeared the airstrikes targeted areas that did not include IS militants. His own appearance attracted more than a thousand.

When it comes to lifting the trade embargo, U.S. President Barack Obama sides with Castro and said he is confident the U.S. Congress will lift what he calls “an embargo that should not be in place anymore”.

The State Department said Iran’s support for terrorism was “undiminished” in 2014.

Michelle Obama debuted another gorgeous look at a White House State Dinner honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday. In a video, first reported by ET Online, the first couple shared a brief romantic moment after greeting President Xi and his wife.

Vice President Joe Biden criticized Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on Tuesday. “We need all students to feel safe at all times and that includes when you’re out at a bar and possibly intoxicated and you might not have the ability to say yes to consent”....

“Relevant construction activities that China are undertaking in the islands of the South China Sea do not impact any country, and China does not intend to pursue militarisation”, he said.

President Xi’s speech at the United Nations headquarters was themed as “Toward Win-win Partnership for Sustainable Development”.

While the content of the emails is relatively mundane enough – CNN reports it was simply Petraeus and Clinton getting to know each other – the problem here is with timing.

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton maintained Sunday that she has done all she can to take responsibility and “be as transparent as possible” about the use of her private email server while she was secretary of state.

China’s president on Saturday pledged billions in aid and said Beijing will forgive debts due this year in an effort to help the world’s poorest nations, as world leaders begin to seek the trillions of dollars needed to help achieve sweeping new development goals.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision not to correct a questioner at a recent town hall event who erroneously stated that President Obama is a Muslim. I have no reason to doubt what he says.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“The United States welcomes the rise of a China that is peaceful, stable, prosperous and a responsible player in global affairs”, the president said during Xi’s state visit.

The 51-year-old First Lady wore a black, off-the-shoulder, cleavage-baring custom-made Vera Wang mermaid gown with a ruffled skirt and tulle straps.

While the MDGs were narrow in their focus (poverty), and aimed primarily at what donors could do, and while they are hardly known outside global development circles, they have achieved something remarkable in the development community entrenching the idea of measuring progress...