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2019-10-25 Following the U.S. military withdrawal from northern Syria, the United States is to deploy more troops to Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate to secure the country's petroleum gas and oilfields, according to a senior Department of Defense official. United States

2017-10-1 Houthi forces claim to have shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Yemeni capital Sana'a. Footage released by Saba News Agency appears to show crowds gathering around the wreckage of an aircraft. United States

2016-02-20 Two Serbian embassy staff abducted in Libya in November 2015 are believed to have been among dozens killed in yesterday's U.S. airstrike on a ISIL camp in Sabratha, according to Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić. United States

2015-07-5 A United States bombing campaign against ISIL has killed at least 30 people in the Syrian city of Al-Raqqah. United States

2015-05-25 Turkey says that it has reached an in-principle deal with the United States to give support to some elements of Syrian opposition. Over a million Syrian refugees live in Turkish territory, including many Syrian opposition figures. United States

2011-11-30 A mass shooting occurs in east Texas, United States. Four children are killed, all less than 5 years old. ([http:--edition.cnn.com-2011-12-01-justice-texas-mass-shooting-index.html?npt=NP1 CNN]) United States

2010-08-10 A United States military judge at Guantánamo Bay rules that confessions allegedly forced via torture from Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen they accuse of terrorism after his 2002 capture at the age of 15, count as evidence in his trial. United States

2010-06-30 The United States government is sued by 10 plaintiffs, including an American citizen, challenging the country's no-fly list. United States

2010-04-5 A series of coordinated bombings at the U.S. consulate in Peshawar and at a ruling party rally in the Pakistani North-West Frontier Province kills fifty people and injures one hundred. United States

2010-01-29 The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond goes on public display in Washington, D.C., United States. United States