08/24/2016 3:36 pm ET Astronomers have found an Earth-like exoplanet in the nearest solar system to ours.

08/24/2016 12:38 pm ET Following European terror attacks, German officials have suggested legislation that would force tech companies to decrypt private messages and other measures to increase digital surveillance.

08/24/2016 2:01 pm ET Russian state-supported media is using the Democratic National Committee leaked emails to portray the American presidential elections as a corrupt spectacle akin to 'House of Cards.'

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08/23/2016 2:35 pm ET US Vice President Joe Biden will visit Turkey Wednesday to try to reassure President Erdoğan they still stand together against terrorism – and the coup attempt in July, about which conspiracy theories abound.

08/23/2016 4:15 pm ET Donors will always push for something, creating controversy – no matter how often Clinton says she won’t give them special treatment.

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08/23/2016 6:54 pm ET Nigeria says it killed the leader of Boko Haram in an airstrike. It's a blow, but years of antiterror strikes have shown that there are other, more effective ways to counter terror.

08/23/2016 5:09 pm ET Data show that African-American women earn 60 cents for every dollar that white men earn. But while progress in closing the gap may be slow, the issue has begun to gain traction on both corporate and state levels. 

08/23/2016 2:56 pm ET Ten years after the last war between Israel and Hezbollah, UN peacekeepers say the long-violent border region stands in stark contrast to much of the Middle East.

08/23/2016 5:34 pm ET Extrajudicial killings have skyrocketed in the Philippines, with the approval of the new president. Why does so much of the country support him?

08/22/2016 6:24 pm ET US interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan got bogged down by ambitious goals. In Syria, Russia has kept it simple and is gaining in influence in the region because of it.

08/22/2016 5:24 pm ET Once unwilling to get involved in politics, undocumented workers are now pushing their registered family and friends to use their growing electoral clout in big Hispanic states like Arizona. 

08/22/2016 10:42 am ET Voters have long seen women as more honest than men. But as more women hold high political offices, that dual standard is changing – as the recent legal troubles of female politicians in Pennsylvania and Florida show.