(AFP) Ukrainian troops repelled an overnight attack on their base in the southeast city of Mariupol, killing three of the assailants and wounding 13, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Thursday. Around 300 people mounted the attack using guns and petrol
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Down one goal, Montreal battled back — twice. Up one, it faltered — twice. Dale Weise then put the Tampa Bay Lightning away for the night. Weise scored 18:08 into overtime and Carey Price stopped nine
GENEVA/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from East and West will try to defuse the Ukraine crisis on Thursday in Geneva, once frequently the scene of Cold War negotiations, but will risk being upstaged by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — Strong currents, rain and bad visibility hampered an increasingly anxious search Thursday for 287 passengers, many thought to be high school students, still missing more than a day after their ferry flipped onto its side
In the first of a ten-part series called The Ten Today, Sara Israelsen-Hartley at Deseret News meditates on the First of the Ten Commandments and its meaning for modern America: For several years, the United States has seen a decline
DAKAR (Reuters) – Karim Wade, son of Senegal’s ex-president, will go on trial in two months to face corruption charges, a year after he was accused of illegally amassing a fortune of $1.4 billion during his father’s rule, a government
Actor Liam Neeson continued his critique of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s war on carriages courtesy of the Old Gray Lady. The unlikely action hero penned an op-ed in The New York Times explaining his defense of Big
The show won’t go on for Lindsay Lohan’s first reality series, although the trouble starlet may be the last to know. And she has only her famously poor behavior to blame. The OWN network honcho Oprah Winfrey, 60, has called
ALGIERS, April 16 (Reuters) – Cramped with his young wifeand three infants in a shack in Algiers’ Citi Hofra slum, AminKerchach could be forgiven for being angry at missing out onAlgeria’s gas wealth.
(Reuters) – The world economy can expect steady growth at best over the coming year, but any rapid slowdown in China as it tries to rebalance its economy could upset the still-unsteady progress, Reuters polls showed.
(AFP) Syria has reached a “critical moment” as the world awaits news of fresh peace talks, China’s foreign minister told the warring nation’s opposition leader Ahmad Jarba in Beijing Wednesday. Wang Yi was speaking at the start of four days
From Edward Lucas in the Daily Mail: Deep in the flat and featureless landscape of eastern Ukraine, it is all too possible that the outline of World War III is taking shape. … We are soon to face a bleak
The ties between Hollywood and the Democratic party got a little tighter this week. A major studio has recruited a key player from the Clinton administration for a pivotal press role. Warner Bros has hired former White House Press Secretary and
PORT SAINT LUCIE, Fla., April 15 (UPI) — A Florida school board has decided to fire a teacher who allegedly ordered a group of six boys to attack a younger student to “teach him a lesson.” During the incident, seventh-grade student
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 15 (UPI) — If you’ve been avoiding the Internet so you won’t find out what happened on Game of Thrones on Sunday, there’s no longer a reason to fear — there’s an app for that. Or, to be more accurate, a
PORTLAND, Ore., April 15 (UPI) — An Oregon mother has filed a lawsuit against her son’s school district after he was suspended for getting on social media and making a death threat against his health teacher because she gave him a
MUMBAI, April 15 (UPI) — In order to help clean up public defecation, Unicef India introduced a new mascot in the hope of persuading people not to go in public. Mr. Poo made his debut in a “Poo Party” music video
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s unemployment rate has fallen below 7 percent for the first time in five years, with earnings growth narrowly outstripping inflation for the first time since 2010. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that 2.24 million
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A multi-story ferry carrying 459 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea’s southern coast Wednesday, leaving nearly 300 people missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miley Cyrus is in the hospital and unable to perform her “Bangerz” concert in Kansas City, Mo., as planned. A spokeswoman for the singer says the 21-year-old canceled her performance Tuesday after she was hospitalized for
BOSTON (CBS)–The area near the finish line of the Boston Marathon was evacuated Tuesday night after two unattended backpacks were left at the finish line. One of the bags is near the photo bridge on Boylston Street. The street was
(AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Ukraine was now on the verge of civil war after the Kiev government sent in the army against separatists in the east of the country, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Entertainer and entrepreneur Sean Combs will deliver Howard University’s commencement speech this year in Washington. The school announced Tuesday that Combs will be among five people who will receive honorary degrees as trailblazers in their fields. Combs
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s acting president says army troops have restored control over a small airport in eastern Ukraine that had been occupied by pro-Russian militiamen. It was the first military action taken by the government after acting President
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Heavy gunfire heard at airport in eastern Ukraine after troops move against pro-Russia militia.
