Extreme heat wave spreads across U.S.
PHILADELPHIA – Highways buckled in Illinois and Wisconsin, water use was cut back in Indiana and those who had power in the mid-Atlantic were urged...
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U.S. declares Afghanistan major non-NATO ally
The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States’ newest “major non-NATO ally.” The statement shows U.S. support for long-term stability in Afghanistan and...
UN mission in South Sudan gets 12month extension
The Security Council today extended for 12 months the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), while focusing its mandate on civilian protection and the...
Friends of Syria seek tough action in Paris meeting
Representatives from more than 100 countries are holding talks in Paris in a fresh attempt to decide what should be done to end the violence...
Syria: WikiLeaks begins publishing 2.4 million emails as regime defections mount
As Syria’s bloody crackdown against its opponents deepens, so do the cracks in President Bashar Assad’s regime. On Thursday, Gen. Manaf Mustafa Tlas, the son...
Jobs report looms for Obama
President Barack Obama will start the second day of his Rust Belt bus tour Friday with another critical economic report card, courtesy of the latest monthly jobs report that...
Syria: senior Assad general defects to rebels
The Assad regime suffered the most significant defection of the Syrian uprising on Thursday when a general from one of the country’s most famous families...
Scientists: Radioactive polonium-210 found on Yasser Arafat’s toothbrush, clothes
Traces of the poisonous element polonium have been found in the belongings of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a Swiss institute said on Wednesday, and...
Surge in violence spurs new fears in Iraq
A half year after the U.S. military left Iraq, dire predictions seem to be coming true: The country is mired in violence and the government is on...
2012 African capital of Islamic culture celebrations begin Thursday
The launch of celebrations of the Niger capital, Niamey, as the African region’s capital of Islamic culture for 2012, is slatted for Thursday under the...