The U.S. said an American citizen was killed while fighting alongside Islamic extremists in Syria, highlighting concerns that foreign combatants involved in the conflict pose an increasing global threat. Douglas McAuthur
Russian President Vladimir Putin said talks with his Ukrainian counterpart on ending separatist fighting that’s killed more than 2,000 people were “positive” as the parties began discussions on a political
An open-ended ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip was holding yesterday, as many people on both sides of the conflict wondered what was gained during 50
Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, was placed yesterday under official investigation for negligence in a French corruption probe that dates back to her days as France’s finance
Reverend King was greeted with rapturous applause as he delivered his heart-felt words to a 250,000-strong crowd of civil rights protesters at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. He spoke of
Neo-Nazis rallying in the Swedish city of Norrkoping have been greeted by the theme song from “Schindler’s List” ringing from the bells of city hall. Local government spokesman Ulf Mossberg said
Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Oscar Garcia has quit his job, with the club saying yesterday it was because of the “current security situation” in Israel. The club said Garcia, a
The operation was one of many complex, life-saving surgeries the team performed for a week on Ugandan patients who otherwise had little hope of survival. The operations, which would cost up
CHINA The Chinese anti-corruption agency said yesterday it is investigating one current and one former manager at Volkswagen’s main joint venture in China. A former deputy general manager of First
Israel and Hamas announced yesterday that they agreed to an open-ended cease-fire in the Gaza war after seven weeks of fighting that killed more than 2,200 people, the vast majority
In a report to its 194 member nations, the World Health Organization also called for a ban on sales to minors of the popular nicotine-vapor products, and to either forbid
Mourners gathered to remember Michael Brown in an emotional service that consecrated the killing of the black 18-year-old by a white police officer as another in the long history of
Mr Epstein, 32, was due to travel tomorrow to Bangor in north Wales to join the Beatles at a meeting of the International Meditation Society. Paul McCartney and his girlfriend,
A spokesman for Dresden police says the young bull walked into the building housing German industrial giant Siemens shortly before lunchtime Monday. Marko Laske says officers and wildlife spent six hours
Greek authorities have partially evacuated a southern village near a major archaeological site due to a large wildfire that is being swept on by strong winds. The fire brigade says
Scotland’s leading politician is set to face off with Britain’s former treasury chief in a live television debate on Scotland’s future less than three weeks ahead of an independence referendum. First
French chef Bertrand Esnault has joined his former protégé Elie Khalife at MGM’s Aux Beaux Arts restaurant to celebrate true Lyonnaise cuisine. Until Sunday, both chefs will be creating a
CHINA An 18-year-old native of China’s troubled far western region of Xinjiang used videos and other multimedia to enlist followers and then masterminded the slaying of a pro-government Muslim leader,
A powerful earthquake that struck the heart of California’s wine country caught many people sound asleep, sending dressers, mirrors and pictures crashing down around them. The magnitude-6.0 quake struck at 3:20 a.m. Sunday
The nation found something of a reprieve from the killing of an American journalist with the release of another freelance reporter who had been held hostage for nearly two years
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