WASHINGTON (AP) — The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles last month aimed at an al-Qaida cell in northern Syria cell killed just one or two key militants, according to American intelligence officials who say the group of veteran fighters is still believed to be plotting attacks...

Brazil’s rate of annualized inflation reached 6.75 percent in September, breaching the upper ceiling of the inflation target, the official of national statistics said Wednesday. The IBGE said the Consumer Price Index accelerated from 0.25 percent to...

Two weeks after US warplanes began bombing Islamic State (Isis) positions in Syria, the Pentagon leadership has yet to make critical decisions about building the proxy rebel force central to its plan for taking territory away from the jihadist army. US...

US and French defense chiefs discussed the possibility of France taking part in the American-led air war against Islamic State jihadists in Syria, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. But his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, would not confirm or deny that the subject came...