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Taliban attack Afghan police chief's home
July 27, 2014 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban insurgents attacked the home of a well-known provincial police chief in restive southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing a civilian and a border policeman before... more »»
Study: Embargo wouldn't hurt Russia
July 27, 2014 LONDON (AP) — An arms embargo against Russia would be little more than symbolic because Russia is largely self-sufficient in supplying its armed forces, a report argued Sunday. more »»
AP Analysis: Putin stays on offense in Ukraine
July 27, 2014 MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin might be expected to hunker down into defense mode as he is besieged by accusations of Russian involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Fligh... more »»
Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk
July 27, 2014 DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials said their forces advanced to the outskirts of a key town north of Donetsk on Saturday as they try to retake the stronghold held for months by... more »»
Video shows smiling American bomber in Syria
July 27, 2014 BEIRUT (AP) — An al-Qaida-linked group fighting in Syria has released video of the first American to carry out a suicide attack in the country's civil war, showing him smiling and saying he looke... more »»
Israel says it's extending Gaza truce for 24 hours
July 27, 2014 BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel's offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to... more »»
Nigeria death shows Ebola can spread by air travel
July 27, 2014 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian health authorities raced to stop the spread of Ebola on Saturday after a man sick with one of the world's deadliest diseases brought it by plane to Lagos, Africa's... more »»
Israel says it's extending Gaza truce for 24 hours
July 26, 2014 BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel's offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to... more »»
Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk
July 26, 2014 DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials said their forces advanced to the outskirts of a key town north of Donetsk on Saturday as they try to retake the stronghold held for months by... more »»
Nigeria death shows Ebola can spread by air travel
July 26, 2014 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian health authorities raced to stop the spread of Ebola on Saturday after a man sick with one of the world's deadliest diseases brought it by plane to Lagos, Africa's... more »»
Hamas fires rockets on Israel, ending 12-hour lull
July 26, 2014 BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas said it fired five rockets at Israel late Saturday after rejecting Israel's offer to extend a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire by four hours, casting new doubt... more »»
3 rockets hit Israel as Hamas rejects Gaza truce
July 26, 2014 JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says three rockets have been fired from Gaza at Israel despite a proposed extension of a humanitarian truce in the Gaza war. more »»
Hamas rejects 4-hour Gaza war truce extension
July 26, 2014 BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas official says the group has rejected a four-hour extension of a humanitarian truce proposed by Israel. more »»
UN finds second black box of Air Algerie jet
July 26, 2014 PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande said Saturday he wants the remains of all passengers on the Air Algerie plane that fell from the sky and disintegrated to be brought to France and... more »»
Israel extends truce as Gaza death toll over 1,000
July 26, 2014 BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Saturday extend a 12-hour humanitarian truce in the Gaza war by four hours, the longest lull in 19 days of Israel-Hamas fighting, as a Gaza health officia... more »»
Pope goes to stronghold of Naples-area mobsters
July 26, 2014 CASERTA, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis has traveled to a southern Italian stronghold of a clan of mobsters who poisoned local farmlands by dumping illicitly trafficked toxic waste. more »»
Video shows smiling American bomber in Syria
July 26, 2014 BEIRUT (AP) — An al-Qaida-linked group fighting in Syria has released video of the first American to carry out a suicide attack in the country's civil war, showing him smiling and saying he looke... more »»
MH17 victims' family: Airline lacking compassion
July 26, 2014 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The family of two brothers killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 called the carrier rigid and bureaucratic Saturday, saying it has offered them no... more »»
Israel agrees to extend Gaza war truce by 4 hours
July 26, 2014 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel agreed Saturday to extend a 12-hour humanitarian truce in the Gaza war by four hours, a Cabinet minister sai. more »»
Turkey: 20 police arrested for illegal wiretaps
July 26, 2014 ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says an Istanbul court has charged 20 police officers with illegal wiretapping and ordered their arrest pending a trial. more »» |
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