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President Bashar Assad's government has repeatedly blamed religious extremists for the uprising. Now, the most prominent Muslim cleric says it is the religious duty of Syrians to fight in support of the government.

Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter are among companies in the tech and travel sectors which had a strong and swift reaction to President Donald Trump's executive orders on refugees and immigration.

In a couple of tweets, President Trump announced that he has fired Christopher Krebs, head of the agency in the Department of Homeland Security that oversees election security.

The 19-year-old will be sentenced to life without parole for the state charges. He faces an additional 27 charges at the federal level, one of which carries a possible death sentence.

The hearings come after years of lobbying by island nations who fear they could simply disappear under rising sea waters,

Newly disclosed evidence revealed an apparent conflict of interest for Biden adviser Anita Dunn, when she consulted for an Illinois politician facing #MeToo related allegations in 2018.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Stars and Stripes editor-in-chief Erik Slavin about the Pentagon's takeover of the newspaper that has covered U.S. armed forces since the Civil War.

Many elite charter schools boast of making students from challenging socioeconomic backgrounds ready for college. Now some programs are focused on helping more of those students finish their degrees.

For the past three weeks, Bob Boilen shuffled music from 2007 on his iPod. In the end, the music he was consistently thrilled with hearing ended up on his final top ten for the year.

There are plenty of factors in life that contribute to happiness. But could keeping in touch with your loved ones be the most important?