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Women and children rescued by Nigerian soldiers from Boko Haram extremists at Sambisa Forest wait for treatment at at a refugee camp in Yola, Nigeria Monday, May 4, 2015. Even with the crackle of gunfire signaling rescuers were near, the horrors did not end: Boko Haram fighters stoned captives to death, some girls and women were crushed by an armored car and three died when a land mine exploded as they walked to freedom. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Boko Haram fight must to deal with region’s economic needs

Defeating the murderous jihadi Boko Haram movement will require a multipronged approach beyond defeating the Islamist forces on the battlefield, a key political figure from one of the African countries trying to defeat the insurgency told a Washington audience Wednesday.

June 24, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump asks N.H. House Rep. Claire Rouillard, left, to confirm that his hair is real during a rally at Manchester Community College in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Trump announced his candidacy for President yesterday. (Elizabeth Frantz/Concord Monitor via AP)

Gambling group to 2016 hopefuls: We’re watching you

Insisting that the road to the White House goes straight through Nevada, the nation's gaming industry has put the 2016 presidential candidates on notice that they're being watched and weighed for how they treat the industry.

June 18, 2015
U.S. United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power Tuesday faced intense grilling from lawmakers over Iran. Ms. Powers denied that the U.S. and its allies ignored sanction violations by Iran in order to preserve ongoing nuclear talks. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Samantha Power, U.N. ambassador, grilled on Iran sanctions violations

Facing an at-times intense grilling from lawmakers, U.S. United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power Tuesday denied reports that the Obama administration and its allies were ignoring Iranian violations of international sanctions in a bid to keep a nuclear deal with Tehran from derailing.

June 16, 2015
Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speak to an audience of civil society activists and politicians in Kiev, Ukraine, on Thursday, June 11, 2015. Power is visiting Ukraine as the country battles to overhaul the economy, combat corruption and wages a war against Russia-backed separatist rebels in the east. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Hill hearing with U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power evacuated over ‘threat’

A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing featuring a report from U.S. United Nations Amb. Samantha Power had to be evacuated Tuesday at approximately 11:30 a.m. after authorities received an apparent threat. They were told to "look behind the curtains," according to one police officer on the scene.

June 16, 2015
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Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon says leaving EU is bad for Britain

For Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the resurgent Scottish National Party and a staunch backer of Britain remaining in the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron's decision this week to press ahead with a referendum on getting out is not only wrongheaded but illogical.

June 11, 2015
(Kyodo News via AP, File) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

Nuclear energy may have big future in Virginia: study

Virginia could supply virtually all of its future energy needs from nuclear power and even become a player in the global market to supply power from nuclear sources, according to a new think tank report released Wednesday.

June 10, 2015
President Barack Obama speaks to the Catholic Hospital Association Conference at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Government, energy groups pair up to find jobs for veterans

Staggering veteran unemployment rates following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the scandals involving the Veterans Health Administration in 2014 tarnished the reputation of the government's treatment of America's former servicemen, but now a government agency and a major U.S. industry are teaming up on a new program to link returning vets with employers.

June 10, 2015
HSBC Holdings, Britain's largest bank by market value, will cut between 22,000 and 25,000 jobs around the world in an attempt to reduce costs and shift its centre of gravity back towards fast-growing Asian economies. (Associated Press)

Layoffs at world’s biggest banks reflect a new business model

Buffeted by scandals, squeezed profits, new competitors and a disorienting technological revolution, some of the world's biggest banks are going on a radical diet, shedding thousands of workers and shaking up the boardroom in a bid to stay profitable and relevant in a fast-changing financial landscape.

June 9, 2015
In this Nov. 3, 2014, file photo, Menachem Zivotofsky and his father Ari Zivotofsky speaks to media outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has struck down a disputed law that would have allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to list their birthplace as Israel on their U.S. passports. It's an important ruling that underscores the president's authority in foreign affairs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Supreme Court sides with Obama in Jerusalem passport clash

Handing President Obama a victory in a power struggle with Congress over foreign policy, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that Americans born in the contested city of Jerusalem cannot list Israel as their birthplace on their passports.

June 8, 2015
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012 file photo, Tsai Ing-wen, presidential candidate of Taiwanese opposition Democratic Progressive Party speaks to reporters in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Taiwan’s opposition presidential candidate will look to reassure U.S. officials this week that victory in a January election for her party, which Beijing views with suspicion, won’t revive tensions across the Taiwan Strait. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan reassures U.S. on relations ahead of vote

As China continues to build up artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, defying concerns by the Obama administration that it could result in conflict, the leader of Taiwan's main pro-independence party was keeping a low profile on her Washington visit Wednesday.

June 3, 2015