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Judge orders hearing for detained Syrians in Honduras

Officials with Honduras' immigration department questioned the migrants and concluded that they are, in fact, fleeing from their country's war and are not Islamist extremists.

Obama: No sign of credible terror plot against US

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday there is "no specific and credible intelligence" to suggest that terrorists have any plans to strike the United States over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Obama: Turkey has the right to defend itself

U.S. President Barack Obama urged Russia and NATO allies to take all steps Tuesday to "discourage any escalation" after a Russian warplane was downed along Turkey's border with Syria. The incident has been denounced by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "stab in the back."

Syrian migrants braving Central American smuggling routes

Since the start of Syria's bloody civil war four years ago, a flood of refugees have fled the country in search of some place safer. Millions turned to neighboring countries like Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. And a trickle are now appearing on the western side of the Atlantic, having decided that a trip across a foreign continent at Central American smugglers' hands is their best bet for starting a new life.

US issues global travel alert due to ‘increased terrorist threats’

The State Department often issues individual country travel alerts, but this notice was a rare "worldwide travel alert" that comes in the wake of a series of attacks.

France launches new airstrikes on Syria and more anti-terrorism raids in France

PARIS -- France and Russia launched a punishing wave of attacks against Islamic State targets in Syria on Tuesday, as French leaders invoked an emergency pact to demand European allies join an intensifying military response to last week's terrorist carnage in Paris.

The Islamic State’s trap for Europe

Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama said that the Islamic State is "contained" in Iraq and Syria, but the group's attacks in Paris soon afterward showed that it poses a greater threat to the West than ever.

World sings, lights up in solidarity with wounded France

PARIS – Stirring renditions of "La Marseillaise" rang out Saturday from Dublin to New York as global landmarks were bathed in the French colors and thousands marched in solidarity with Paris after attacks that left at least 129 dead.

World leaders map out plan to solve Syria crisis through negotiations

VIENNA – World powers meeting here on the Syria crisis agreed Saturday to push for political negotiations between opposition forces and representatives of the government of President Bashar Assad by Jan. 1, to be followed by an immediate, U.N.-monitored cease-fire.

France, allies signal major response after Paris attacks leave at least 127 dead

PARIS – Decrying an "act of war," French President François Hollande warned on Saturday of a possible major escalation in the fight against the Islamic State after a bloody siege across Paris that killed at least 127 people, wounded hundreds more and sharply raised the terror threat confronting Europe.

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