France says it has launched its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, on targets it identified after two weeks of surveillance flights. French President Francois Hollande told reporters at the United Nations that six jet fighters hit an Islamic State training camp near the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor. Prime Minister […]
WASHINGTON—A new political survey in the U.S. shows Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders edging ahead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Iowa, the rural state where voters in February will start to select the party’s 2016 presidential nominee. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday indicates Sanders is supported by 41 percent of the state’s […]
WASHINGTON—The U.N. Security Council approved the Iran nuclear deal Monday, clearing a path for lifting crippling economic sanctions against Tehran as its nuclear development program is restrained. Representatives of all 15 countries on the council voted in favor of last week’s deal the council’s five permanent members, the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China, […]
WASHINGTON — People in much of the United States are dealing with cold weather not seen in 20 years.