(AFP) Suicide bombers and gunmen Thursday attacked a bus transferring convicts from a prison north of Baghdad in a huge onslaught that sparked clashes with security forces and left at least 60 dead, police said. The dead include prisoners and
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Air Algerie flight carrying 116 people from Burkina Faso to Algeria’s capital disappeared from radar early Thursday over northern Mali after heavy rains were reported, according to the plane’s owner and government officials in France
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Eighteen children were killed Thursday when a train crashed into their school bus at an unmanned railroad crossing in southern India, police said. The bus driver also died while another 20 children ages 7 to 14
(Reuters) – At least 82 people were killed on Wednesday in two suicide bombings in the north Nigerian city of Kaduna, one aimed at opposition leader and ex-president Muhammadu Buhari and another at a moderate Muslim cleric about to lead
(Reuters) – A 28-year-old Chinese man pleaded guilty on Wednesday of attempting to smuggle military technology obtained from undercover U.S. agents out of the United States toChina, the U.S. Justice Department said. Bo Cai, an employee of a Chinese technology
BEIRUT (AP) — Fighters from the extremist Islamic State group stormed parts of a besieged army base in northern Syria on Thursday, setting off clashes that left dozens killed or wounded on both sides, activists said. The assault, which began
On Tuesday, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defied FAA regulations and flew to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. In the column below, first published at Bloomberg View, he explains his reasons why: Just hours after the
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union would target state-owned Russian banks and their ability to finance Moscow’s faltering economy in its most serious sanctions so far over the Ukraine crisis under proposals considered by EU governments on Thursday, diplomats said.
(AFP) — Jihadists in Iraq have ordered that all women between the ages of 11 and 46 undergo female genital mutilation, a UN official said Thursday. “It is a fatwa (or religious edict) of ISIS, we learnt this this morning,” said
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Authorities say a flight operated by Air Algerie carrying 110 passengers and a crew of six has disappeared from the radar on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers. The official Algerian news agency said air
Britain is “gravely concerned” by the high number of civilian casualties resulting from Israel’s military operation in Gaza, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Thursday. Speaking on his first official visit to the region since taking over as Britain’s top
LONDON (Reuters) – England’s dismal World Cup campaign in Brazil was doubly disappointing for Britain’s pub operators, with the team’s early exit prompting soccer fans to stay at home to watch the rest of the tournament, leading pub chains said
(AFP) — Texas Governor Rick Perry’s plan to send troops to reinforce the Mexican border was enough to deter Salvadoran couple Edwin and Sandra, who decided to make a difficult trek through New Mexico instead. The young couple, who are
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday questioned whether President Barack Obama used a federal agency to impose an economic boycott on Israel after the Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. airline flights to Tel Aviv because of safety
SEATTLE (AP) — An analysis of the first six months of Seattle police enforcement under new marijuana laws finds homeless people and African-American males are more likely to be ticketed for public pot use than anyone else. Officers issued 82
Editors Note: China announced a quarantine of a city due to bubonic plague. Today’s Daily Beast had this update from Kent Sepkowitz which we reprint. China! The plague! A city quarantined! It sounds like a dismal new episode of the
The team behind America, the new film defending the country against those who blast it as imperialistic and cruel, is at war with Google over the search engine’s treatment of the film. Now, a Republican is bringing the matter to
PLA D’ADET, France (AP) — Poland’s Rafal Majka captured his second stage victory at the Tour de France on Wednesday, winning Stage 17th with a late breakaway on the last of four tough climbs in the Pyrenees. Vincenzo Nibali of
BOSTON (Reuters) – Maine Governor Paul LePage blasted the White House on Tuesday for placing in his state eight children who tried to cross the border illegally. The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has been struggling to find shelter
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As hopes dim for bipartisan action in Congress this summer, President Barack Obama is calling on Republican lawmakers to cooperate while complaining that they have “gone off the rails” and urging Democrats to get over their
EERIE, Ind., July 22 (UPI) —A YouTube user recorded an umpire going kind of nuts with his “Strike three” calls during a baseball game. In the caption that accompanies the video, the poster wrote, “Best umpire since Leslie Nielsen! Best
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats prepared Tuesday to whack $1 billion from President Barack Obama’s emergency spending request for the border, while leaving out policy changes Republicans have demanded as their price for agreeing to any money. The developments pointed
ESCONDIDO Calif. (Reuters) – A San Diego suburb took center stage in the nation’s acrimonious immigration debate on Tuesday as planning commissioners there rejected a proposal to open a temporary shelter for Central American children caught illegally crossing the U.S.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament convened to vote for a new president on Wednesday as the extremist Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Baghdad the night before that killed 31 people, mainly civilians. The bomber had
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) —A new poll offers details on the way citizens of the world think about climate change, and U.S. participants are looking particularly ignorant to the risks of global warming. Only one in four Americans said climate
