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Smoke rises from an arms depot at the Jabal Hadeed military compound in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on March 28, 2015.

Why isn’t America evacuating its citizens in Yemen?

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As bombs fall, China, India and Pakistan have evacuated their nationals. Why not us, asks Bronx-born 20-year-old Summer Nasser? The State Department, which has evacuated government personnel and families, says it has no plans to evacuate ordinary US citizens.

A fighter from the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, flashes a victory sign as he patrols the streets in the northern Syrian town of Kobane on January 28, 2015.

Antique weapons combined with high-tech airpower pushed ISIS out of Kobane

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Iraqi security forces inspect the site of three explosions in the New Baghdad neighborhood on September 10, 2014.

The sound of US airstrikes returns to Baghdad

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Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu talk to the media before a meeting in Ankara. The United States is not getting all it wants from Turkey in the fight against the Islamic State.

The US is having problems building a coalition to fight ISIS

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President Barack Obama delivering his address to the nation, Wednesday, on his plans for military action against the Islamic State, from the Cross Hall of the White House.

Can the US ‘destroy’ ISIS without American ground troops?

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The Russian flag being hoisted over a Ukrainian naval facility in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, after the base was forcefully occupied, Wednesday.

Here’s the argument for why Crimea’s secession was against international law

Global Politics

President Barack Obama has said repeatedly that the secession of Crimea from Ukraine is a violation of international law. But doesn’t Crimea have the right to determine its own fate? An international lawyer says the problem came with Russia’s military intervention.

The Russian flag being hoisted over a Ukrainian naval facility in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, after the base was forcefully occupied, Wednesday.

Here’s the argument for why Crimea’s secession was against international law

Global Politics

President Barack Obama has said repeatedly that the secession of Crimea from Ukraine is a violation of international law. But doesn’t Crimea have the right to determine its own fate? An international lawyer says the problem came with Russia’s military intervention.

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