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U.S. plans rescue operation in Iraq as France says it will supply arms to Kurds
Time is running out for thousands of Iraqis trapped by jihadists, with the U.S. saying it is assessing rescue options and the UN warning of “potential...
Not a ‘combat boots on the ground operation’: U.S. sends 130 personnel to Iraq
Another 130 U.S. military advisers have arrived in Iraq on what the Pentagon described as a temporary mission to assess the scope of the humanitarian crisis...
UN: 35K refugees escape Mt. Sinjar, but many left behind face imminent death
The UN says up to 35,000 refugees have escaped Iraq’s Mount Sinjar and are “exhausted” and “dehydrated.” The refugees, mostly...
Which of the world’s almost 200 countries gets the most tourists?
France welcomed 84.7 million foreign tourists in 2013 making it once again the most-visited country in the world, according to a study published Monday.
Kasparov loses chess association presidency to ‘space alien abductee’
A protégé of Vladimir Putin who claims to have been abducted by aliens was easily re-elected to head the World Chess Federation on Monday, defeating...
Turkey’s Erdogan wins presidential vote, unofficial count shows
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the country’s first direct presidential election in the first round Sunday, an unofficial...
Tunisia’s fishermen save rising tide of migrants
Chamseddine Bourassine, a Tunisian fisherman in his 50s, says he and his colleagues are on the front lines of a growing humanitarian disaster as waves...
Tibet tour bus plummets 10-metres into mountain valley, killing 44
A tour bus plunged into a Tibetan valley on Saturday after hitting two vehicles, killing 44 people and injuring 11, China’s official news agency...
Helpless husband looks on as tiger carries away woman in eastern India
A woman in West Bengal was snatched by a tiger and dragged into a forest as her helpless husband looked on.
New Delhi’s stray dogs to be put to work by police in exchange for food
Stray dogs roaming the Indian capital may soon find themselves attending police training school with civic authorities planning to turn the animals into...
UK and France join U.S. humanitarian efforts in Iraq, Australia weighs decision
President Barack Obama has said France and the UK are joining humanitarian efforts in Iraq, flying in food and water supplies for those cut off by ISIS...
Calls for more Kurd support as Obama’s military policy questioned
In a bitter irony, Islamic State extremists have used American armoured vehicles and weapons seized from the hapless Iraqi military to defeat Kurdish fighters...
More U.S. airstrikes near Irbil; militants hold 100s of Yazidi women captive
The Friday afternoon strikes followed a morning strike on an Islamic State of Syria and the Levant artillery gun that was firing on Kurdish troops near...
Iraq Crisis: U.S. planes bomb Islamist militants to prevent ‘genocide’
The U.S. has carried out airstrikes against artillery used by Islamist militants in northern Iraq, the Pentagon says.
Iraq: U.S. humanitarian aid drops begin; Islamists claim key water supply
President Barack Obama is expected to “imminently” decide on possible airstrikes or airdrops of food and medicine for tens of thousands of...
Russia allows NSA whistleblower Snowden to stay three more years
Edward Snowden has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years, his lawyer says.
Four Borneo men face death penalty over murder of British medical students
Four Malaysian men are facing the death penalty after admitting to killing two British medical students in Borneo.
Echoes of Cold War as Russia bans meat, fruit and veg from the West
In a sweeping move that will cost Western farmers billions of dollars and could lead to empty Russian grocery store shelves, leaders there announced a...
MH17 search suspended over security concerns as Australia mourns victims
International experts suspended their search for body parts at the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site on Wednesday because of deteriorating security...
Afghan attack: Two-star U.S. general killed near Kabul academy
A gunman, wearing an Afghan army uniform, turned his weapon against U.S. soldiers as well as other Afghans at a military academy that trained officers...
Serious accusations: China ‘detains’ Canadian couple on suspicion of spying
China is investigating a Canadian couple who ran a coffee shop on the Chinese border with North Korea for the suspected theft of military and intelligence...
Australian couple deny ‘abandoning’ sick baby boy from Thai surrogate mum
The Australian couple accused of abandoning their sick surrogate baby because he was born with Down syndrome have denied the allegations.
Stronger Bertha unlikely to make landfall in U.S.
A strengthened Tropical Storm Bertha swirled northward across open sea early Monday after brushing the Turks & Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas,...
Thousands of Filipinos refuse to leave Libya jobs
Only a fraction of about 13,000 Filipinos have expressed a desire to leave Libya because they’re afraid of losing their jobs despite frantic Philippine...
German magazine reports Israel listened in on John Kerry’s calls in 2013
German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Sunday that Israel and at least one other intelligence agency were listening in on U.S.
At least 10 killed in strike on UN school in Gaza as residents queued for food
At least 10 people were killed Sunday after a fresh strike hit near the entrance to a UN school in southern Gaza that was sheltering Palestinians displaced...
Tropical Storm Bertha dumps heavy rain in eastern Caribbean
Tropical Storm Bertha swirled through the eastern Caribbean on Friday as it unleashed heavy rains and strong winds in the region, knocking out power on...
With ‘Iron Dome’ bill, U.S. shows it has Israel’s back; Gazans say war must go on
The U.S. Senate on Friday rushed through a $225 million bill to replenish Israel’s missile defense system, and House approval was expected in the...
Uganda court scraps new anti-gay law, but advocates vow to press on
Uganda’s constitutional court on Friday overturned tough new anti-gay laws that had been branded draconian and “abominable” by rights...
Scotland the brave and free! Or not, as independence movement stalls
The campaign for Scotland to break away from the United Kingdom has stalled just over a month before Scots decide whether to go it alone in a referendum,...
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