WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States was ready to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq and was prepared to make targeted strikes in the country to combat an extremist insurgency. Obama said ...

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States was ready to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq and was prepared to make targeted strikes in the country to combat an extremist insurgency. Obama said ...

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States was ready to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq and was prepared to make targeted strikes in the country to combat an extremist insurgency. Obama said ...

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States was ready to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq and was prepared to make targeted strikes in the country to combat an extremist insurgency. Obama said ...

The first 16 matches of this World Cup featured a historic amount of scoring and more dazzling moves than a Samba dancer on Copacabana beach. This tournament averaged 3.06 goals per match through the first circuit of group play, compared to 1.56 in ...

The Manchester United man will likely line up in a central position with Raheem Sterling and Danny Welbeck down the flanks for the Three Lions. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Email. Dennis Grombkowski - FIFA. Key role: Rooney starts in a central role for ...

New Delhi: The Iraqi militants known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) long had a goal to establish an Islamic state, or caliphate, stretching across the Middle East. Taking over parts of Iraq was always at the top of ISIS agenda and security experts now ...

President Obama announced Thursday he is prepared to send up to 300 U.S. military advisors to Iraq to assist in training and advising Iraqi forces as the tense situation in the country continues to escalate. In a statement in the White House briefing room, ...

Forward Jozy Altidore will miss the United States' crucial World Cup match against Portugal on Sunday with a hamstring injury, the US Soccer Federation announced on Thursday. PHOTOS. US forward Jozy Altidore gestures in pain during a Group G World ...

U.S. stocks declined after the Standard & Poor's 500 closed at a record yesterday as the Federal Reserve promised to keep interest rates low amid signs of an economic recovery. Coach Inc. slumped 9.9 percent after the largest U.S. luxury handbag maker ...

Spain became the first team to crash out of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. (Source: Reuters). Summary. On Wednesday Chile beat Spain 2-0 just days after Holland had avenged their final defeat from four years. Tweet This. Related. CasillasAPT · FIFA World ...

The outgoing Secretary General of Nato has sparked ridicule from environmentalists after claiming that Russia is secretly orchestrating green groups opposed to fracking. Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen told journalists that Moscow ...

U.S. forward Jozy Altidore will not play Sunday against Portugal after suffering a strained hamstring in the team's World Cup opener against Ghana. U.S. forward Jozy Altidore will not play Sunday against Portugal after suffering a strained hamstring in the ...

MADRID: Spain's new King Felipe VI vowed to clean up the scandal-tainted monarchy as he launched his reign on Thursday, cheered on by crowds of revellers waving red and yellow flags. Thousands of Spaniards put aside their World Cup misery to line the ...

FIFA admitted to being "embarrassed" after Chilean fans stormed the Maracana media centre before Wednesday's World Cup match against Spain, but local security forces refused to take responsibility on Thursday. 11 minutes ago Reuters. 0 shares ...

President Barack Obama will announce this afternoon his intentions to send 100 Green Berets into Iraq to help train the Iraqi military, the Daily Beast reports. The U.S. troops will not be there to engage in combat, however, the news publication says. Already ...

The feature that lets the new Amazon Fire Phone send a movie or TV show wirelessly to a compatible television while the the phone serves as a "second screen" to display information about actors, locations, and scenes is shown, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, ...

June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Kumar, founder and president at Sri-Kumar Global Strategies, examines comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen on interest rates and modest growth for the United States, why he believes the Fed will be better off ...

US President Barack Obama was meeting national security advisers at the White House early today, with a televised statement expected afterwards, as he faced rising pressure to respond to rampant advances by Sunni militant fighters. Mr Obama was ...

Starting forward Jozy Altidore will miss Sunday's World Cup showdown against Portugal because of strained left hamstring, U.S. officials announced Thursday in Brazil. The loss of the Americans' target forward will force coach Jurgen Klinsmann to ...