IS says it destroyed archaeological pieces from Palmyra
Islamic State group militants have destroyed six archaeological pieces from the historic town of Palmyra that were confiscated from a smuggler, the group said.
Hispanic leaders want GOP field to condemn Trump's 'idiocy'
Hispanic leaders are warning of harm to Republican White House hopes unless the party’s presidential contenders do more to condemn Donald Trump, a businessman turned presidential candidate who’s refusing to apologize for calling Mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers.
Wash. Navy Yard locked down; officials say no evidence of shooting
Reports of an active shooter at the site of a deadly 2013 attack spurred a massive response from law enforcement.
Wash. Navy Yard locked down; officials say no evidence of shooting
Reports of an active shooter at the site of a deadly 2013 attack spurred a massive response from law enforcement.
Wash. Navy Yard locked down; officials say no evidence of shooting
Reports of an active shooter at the site of a deadly 2013 attack spurred a massive response from law enforcement.
Can P.G. Sittenfeld make millennials stop hating politics?
What kind of person becomes a politician?
Can P.G. Sittenfeld make millennials stop hating politics?
What kind of person becomes a politician?
Can P.G. Sittenfeld make millennials stop hating politics?
What kind of person becomes a politician?
Christie can’t win New Jersey. Does that matter?
Here’s the good news for Christie, if you want to be glass-half-full about it: At least he’s not running for reelection as governor.
Christie can’t win New Jersey. Does that matter?
Here’s the good news for Christie, if you want to be glass-half-full about it: At least he’s not running for reelection as governor.
Christie can’t win New Jersey. Does that matter?
Here’s the good news for Christie, if you want to be glass-half-full about it: At least he’s not running for reelection as governor.
Thousands evacuated after Tennessee train fire
A train carrying toxic chemicals derails and catches fire in eastern Tennessee.
Thousands evacuated after Tennessee train fire
A train carrying toxic chemicals derails and catches fire in eastern Tennessee.
Thousands evacuated after Tennessee train fire
A train carrying toxic chemicals derails and catches fire in eastern Tennessee.
New warden, security measures after New York prison escape
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A range of new security measures is being put in place at a maximum-security prison to close gaps exploited by two inmates who escaped last month.
New warden, security measures after New York prison escape
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A range of new security measures is being put in place at a maximum-security prison to close gaps exploited by two inmates who escaped last month.
New warden, security measures after New York prison escape
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A range of new security measures is being put in place at a maximum-security prison to close gaps exploited by two inmates who escaped last month.
Nerves rattled by false reports of U.S. Navy Yard shooter in Washington
A report of a possible gunman, which was later determined to be unfounded, touched off an hours-long lockdown starting at about 7:45 a.m. EDT at the military facility just a mile south of the U.S. Capitol and three miles from the White House. The Navy Yard was the site of a 2013 shooting that left 12 dead. “An employee thought they heard something of concern, they made a call,” said
Nerves rattled by false reports of U.S. Navy Yard shooter in Washington
A report of a possible gunman, which was later determined to be unfounded, touched off an hours-long lockdown starting at about 7:45 a.m. EDT at the military facility just a mile south of the U.S. Capitol and three miles from the White House. The Navy Yard was the site of a 2013 shooting that left 12 dead. “An employee thought they heard something of concern, they made a call,” said
Nerves rattled by false reports of U.S. Navy Yard shooter in Washington
A report of a possible gunman, which was later determined to be unfounded, touched off an hours-long lockdown starting at about 7:45 a.m. EDT at the military facility just a mile south of the U.S. Capitol and three miles from the White House. The Navy Yard was the site of a 2013 shooting that left 12 dead. “An employee thought they heard something of concern, they made a call,” said
FEATURED BROADCAST
Berlin to meet U.S. ambassador over spying reports: source
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff will meet the U.S. ambassador on Thursday to discuss allegations that U.S. spies bugged senior government ministers, a German government source said. In the latest twist in an ongoing scandal over extensive U.S. spying in Europe which has caused outrage in Germany, media reported that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had bugged the economy and finance ministers. “The Chancellor’s Chief of Staff
Berlin to meet U.S. ambassador over spying reports: source
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff will meet the U.S. ambassador on Thursday to discuss allegations that U.S. spies bugged senior government ministers, a German government source said. In the latest twist in an ongoing scandal over extensive U.S. spying in Europe which has caused outrage in Germany, media reported that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had bugged the economy and finance ministers. “The Chancellor’s Chief of Staff
Iraqi forces say most of Baiji town recaptured from Islamic State
Iraqi forces have cleared Islamic State militants from most of the northern town of Baiji and hope to drive them from the nearby oil refinery within days, a spokesman for the Shi’ite militias leading the fight said on Thursday. If the Shi’ite Hashd Shaabi fighters and Iraqi security forces regain full control around Baiji, it could help them push north towards the Islamic State-held city of Mosul and offset losses
Iraqi forces say most of Baiji town recaptured from Islamic State
Iraqi forces have cleared Islamic State militants from most of the northern town of Baiji and hope to drive them from the nearby oil refinery within days, a spokesman for the Shi’ite militias leading the fight said on Thursday. If the Shi’ite Hashd Shaabi fighters and Iraqi security forces regain full control around Baiji, it could help them push north towards the Islamic State-held city of Mosul and offset losses
Iraqi forces say most of Baiji town recaptured from Islamic State
Iraqi forces have cleared Islamic State militants from most of the northern town of Baiji and hope to drive them from the nearby oil refinery within days, a spokesman for the Shi’ite militias leading the fight said on Thursday. If the Shi’ite Hashd Shaabi fighters and Iraqi security forces regain full control around Baiji, it could help them push north towards the Islamic State-held city of Mosul and offset losses
Eight dead in new Saudi-led strikes on Yemen's Sanaa: agency
Saudi-led air strikes killed eight people on Thursday in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, residents and a news agency reported, the first such attacks after a lull of several days. Warplanes of a Saudi-led coalition also launched some 35 raids on the northern Saada province, the main base of Iranian-backed Houthis who came to dominate Yemen last year after they captured Sanaa. The attacks also targeted a house owned by the leader
Eight dead in new Saudi-led strikes on Yemen's Sanaa: agency
Saudi-led air strikes killed eight people on Thursday in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, residents and a news agency reported, the first such attacks after a lull of several days. Warplanes of a Saudi-led coalition also launched some 35 raids on the northern Saada province, the main base of Iranian-backed Houthis who came to dominate Yemen last year after they captured Sanaa. The attacks also targeted a house owned by the leader
Eight dead in new Saudi-led strikes on Yemen's Sanaa: agency
Saudi-led air strikes killed eight people on Thursday in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, residents and a news agency reported, the first such attacks after a lull of several days. Warplanes of a Saudi-led coalition also launched some 35 raids on the northern Saada province, the main base of Iranian-backed Houthis who came to dominate Yemen last year after they captured Sanaa. The attacks also targeted a house owned by the leader
IAEA chief heads to Iran as nuclear talks reach last stretch
By Louis Charbonneau and John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) – The global nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday its boss would fly to Tehran to discuss some of the last big issues that need to be resolved so that Iran and world powers can reach a breakthrough final nuclear deal by a new deadline of next week. Iran and six world powers gave themselves an extra week on Tuesday to reach an
IAEA chief heads to Iran as nuclear talks reach last stretch
By Louis Charbonneau and John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) – The global nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday its boss would fly to Tehran to discuss some of the last big issues that need to be resolved so that Iran and world powers can reach a breakthrough final nuclear deal by a new deadline of next week. Iran and six world powers gave themselves an extra week on Tuesday to reach an
IAEA chief heads to Iran as nuclear talks reach last stretch
By Louis Charbonneau and John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) – The global nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday its boss would fly to Tehran to discuss some of the last big issues that need to be resolved so that Iran and world powers can reach a breakthrough final nuclear deal by a new deadline of next week. Iran and six world powers gave themselves an extra week on Tuesday to reach an
Iran, powers give themselves to July 7 to strike deal
By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers gave themselves an extra week to reach a final nuclear accord after it became clear they would miss a deadline on Tuesday, with U.S. and Iranian officials sounding upbeat even though obstacles remain. With all sides accepting that Tuesday’s original deadline would come and go without an agreement, Iran and the six powers agreed to extend
Iran, powers give themselves to July 7 to strike deal
By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers gave themselves an extra week to reach a final nuclear accord after it became clear they would miss a deadline on Tuesday, with U.S. and Iranian officials sounding upbeat even though obstacles remain. With all sides accepting that Tuesday’s original deadline would come and go without an agreement, Iran and the six powers agreed to extend
France pursues terrorism charge against beheading suspect
By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) – A man who beheaded his boss, pinned the head on a fence and tried to blow up an industrial gas plant will be investigated on terrorism charges, France’s chief public prosecutor said on Tuesday, dismissing the suspect’s claim that his act was not motivated by connections with Islamist militants. Prosecutor Francois Molins announced the news at the end of a 96-hour custody period following
Egypt's Sisi promises tougher legal system at prosecutor's funeral
By Stephen Kalin CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday attended the funeral of Egypt’s top public prosecutor killed by a car bomb on the previous day, and said he would within days reveal legal reforms that would allow a tougher line against militants. Public prosecutor Hisham Barakat was the most senior Egyptian official to be killed in years, and Monday’s attack has cast doubt on Egypt’s
Kremlin critic Khodorkovsky named as murder suspect in Russia
Russia wants to question former oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky as a suspect in a murder case that has been reopened because of new evidence, federal investigators said on Tuesday. Khodorkovsky, the former owner of the now-defunct Yukos oil company, spent a decade in jail after falling out with Vladimir Putin. Announcing on its website that the case had been reopened, the federal Investigative Committee, which answers directly to Putin, said
Germanwings offers emotional damage payments to crash victims' families
By Victoria Bryan BERLIN (Reuters) – Germanwings is offering 25,000 euros ($27,958) compensation payments to close relatives of those killed in the March 24 plane crash for their pain and suffering, it said on Tuesday. Evidence shows co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit of Germanwings flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf and deliberately steered the plane into a remote mountainside, killing all 150 onboard. German law
Islamic State beheads female civilians for first time in Syria: monitor
The hardline Islamic State group has beheaded two women in Syria, the first time it has decapitated female civilians, the founder of a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday. The beheadings took place in the eastern Deir al-Zor province this week said Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the conflict using sources on the ground. Islamic State has beheaded local and foreign men
China says probe of FIBA official won't affect Olympic bid
BEIJING (AP) — An official says Beijing’s 2020 Winter Olympic bid won’t be affected by the investigation of a Chinese member of basketball’s international governing body for possible corruption.
US stocks edge higher on speculation of a late Greek deal
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks moved higher in morning trading on speculation that the Greek government is considering a last-minute attempt to break the deadlock between the country and its creditors.
