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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan The United States fired missiles at three suspected terrorist targets near the Afghan border Monday, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was thought to have killed an al Qaeda commander, ...

The on Monday ordered a federal appeals court to reexamine whether Hazleton, Pa., can restrict illegal immigrants' ability to work and rent housing. A federal judge and a panel of the Third in Philadelphia had blocked the local laws, saying they clash ...

U.S. State Department blames Syria for the deaths of reported 23 protesters, but Jordan blasts Israel for the killings on Golan Heights Sunday. The United States said on Monday that Syria was "clearly" behind lethal confrontations between Israeli troops ...

The United States said on Monday that Syria was "clearly" behind lethal confrontations between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters along the once-quiet ceasefire line between the two countries and that Israel has a right to defend itself. ...

WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- Forty-eight members of Congress asked immigration officials to hold off rejecting visa petitions by gay couples when one partner is not a U.S. citizen. They sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday that Syria was "clearly" behind lethal confrontations between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters along the once-quiet ceasefire line between the two countries and that Israel has a right to ...

The high court rejects an appeal to California's policy of giving in-state college tuition to state high school graduates who are in the country illegally. The action leaves in place laws in 11 other states that permit illegal immigrants to obtain ...

One of two former state workers pleaded guilty Monday to her role in the release of a list of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants that created panic among Utah's Hispanic community last year. Leah Carson, 32, was charged with making a false statement by ...

Marisol Valles Garcia says threats forced her to leave, gave her "fear that will last a lifetime" She was police chief for four months in the border town of Praxedis G. Guerrero Her idealism drew international attention Attorney: "She represented the ...

The US is reviewing its green card lottery after the results of this year's draw were scratched, leaving 22,000 told in error they had been chosen for a chance at US residency. The state department said a computer failed to run a valid random selection ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. The Supreme Court ordered a federal appeals court on Monday to take a new look at a Pennsylvania citys crackdown on illegal immigrants in light of the high courts recent decision upholding an Arizona employer-sanctions law. The high ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. The Supreme Court ordered a federal appeals court on Monday to take a new look at a Pennsylvania city's crackdown on illegal immigrants in light of the high court's recent decision upholding an Arizona employer-sanctions law.The high court ...

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas both praised on Monday the Syrian protesters who attempted to breach the border with Israel on "Naksa Day." Nasrallah said that demonstrators in the "occupied Syrian Golan formed a clear picture of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a California law that gives illegal immigrants the same in-state college tuition rates as legal state residents, another contentious issue in the nation's immigration policy ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The United States fired missiles at three suspected militant targets near the Afghan border Monday, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was believed to have killed an al-Qaida ...

Swiss historian and immigration specialist Leo Schelbert tells swissinfo.ch that his homeland is not more hostile towards migrants than other nations, and that America is not as welcoming as it makes out. In an election year, Switzerland's rightwing ...

Beginning of Story Content Manitoba's "angry rhetoric" on a dispute with its U.S. neighbour embittered officials south of the border and made for a "terribly strained" relationship, American diplomatic documents released through WikiLeaks suggest. ...

MEXICO CITY -- Mexicans protesting a military crackdown on drug cartels launched a convoy protest Saturday that will travel through some of Mexico's bloodiest towns on its way to the U.S. border. The caravan of comfort includes families of victims ...

14 MILITANTS were killed by an alleged US drone attack along the Afghan border in South Waziristan, according to Geo Television. According to other reports on various news sources, there were two strikes, one at a town in South Waziristan, and the other ...

An official document to be released by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) next month shows that Dr. Sun Yat-senthe founding father of the Republic of Chinahas US citizenship. The AIT is the de facto US embassy in Taiwan in the absence of ...