American Sniper has caused so much heated discussion online. It is said to have added to the stigma among Muslims living in the US.
The US Department of Justice has brought charges against two US citizens for their role in a recent coup attempt which was thwarted in the African nation of The Gambia.
Israeli settlers have attacked a group of US diplomats who were touring Israeli settlements in the West Bank that are illegal according to international law.
President Barack Obama has given the Department of the Treasury the authority to impose new sanctions on the government and economy of North Korea for its role in a devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
After failing to secure the necessary support for a United Nations resolution to establish an independent Palestinian state, Palestine has joined the International Criminal Court with the goal of having Israelis arrested and tried for war crimes, despite the fact that a number of Palestinians may soon also find themselves in the court's crosshairs.
As prices of oil continue to drop, the Obama Administration threw a bone to domestic oil producers by allowing the export of lightly refined oil collected in the United States, reversing a ban on oil exports in place since the 1970s.
The US government has released five people previously held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the government of Kazakhstan.
The National Security Agency has released its quarterly and annual reports on its surveillance practices revealing incidents of illegal misconduct that violated the constitutional rights of US citizens.
The governments of Jordan and the United States have denied that the Islamic State shot down a fighter jet, allowing IS to take the pilot hostage, while the Jordanian Parliament issued a strong warning to IS against harming the pilot.
A pilot of the Jordanian Air Force, which is contributing to the US-led coalition battling ISIS from above, has been captured after his jet was shot down while on a combat mission.
The government of North Korea has refuted the Federal Bureau of Investigation's finding that North Korea was behind the devastating hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and has a proposed a joint US-North Korean investigation to determine who was responsible.
The governments of Cuba and the United States made history today by announcing that they will normalize their diplomatic relations after 55 years.
The US government has brought charges against a Chinese citizen who is alleged to have tried to smuggle critical information related to the F-35 fighter jet out of the United States and into China.
Luke Somers, a U.S. journalist who has been held captive by militants in Yemen since Sept. 2013, was killed in a raid as U.S. Special Forces attempted to rescue Somers and other hostages.
The government of Iran has been carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Iraq, illustrating that the group is such a threat rivals such as the United States and Iran both seek its demise.
