Israel Investigates Video of Alleged Beating of U.S. Teen by Police
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States called for speedy investigation of an incident in which it said a U.S. citizen of Palestinian descent appeared to have been badly beaten by Israeli...
View ArticleMexican Police Detain Alleged Serial Child Killer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police have detained a man who allegedly murdered four children and a woman in a small town in the center of the country, authorites said on Saturday, as statistics show...
View ArticleGunmen Kill at Least 29 in Two Attacks on Kenyan Coast
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least 29 people in raids on two separate areas on the Kenyan coast, the interior ministry said on Sunday.The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which...
View ArticleSix Jewish Suspects Arrested Over Death of Palestinian Teenager
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has arrested six Jewish suspects in the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager whose death sparked violent protests in Jerusalem and Israeli Arab towns, a security...
View ArticleNew York Firefighter Dies Battling High-Rise Blaze
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City firefighter recently honored for saving the life of a seven-year-old boy was killed while battling a blaze at a high-rise apartment building, fire department...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Jails Human Rights Activist for 15 Years
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - A Jeddah court sentenced prominent Saudi rights lawyer Walid abu al-Khair to 15 years in prison on Sunday on charges that included seeking to undermine the state and insulting the...
View ArticleEgypt's Sisi Says Independence for Iraq's Kurds Would Be 'Catastrophic'
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday a referendum on the independence of Iraq's Kurdish region would lead to a "catastrophic" break up of the country, which is facing...
View ArticleIsraeli Air Strikes Kill 7 Gaza Gunmen: Hamas Militants
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes killed seven Hamas gunmen early Monday, the Islamist group's armed wing said, making it their highest single death toll since a 2012 cross-border war with the...
View ArticleAfghan Candidates in Last Minute Talks to Defuse Election Fraud Crisis After...
KABUL (Reuters) - Rival Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani are holding last-minute talks to try to defuse a standoff over the outcome of a troubled election, their...
View ArticleSri Lankan Asylum Seekers Returned by Australia Handed Straight to Police
SYDNEY/COLOMBO (Reuters) - A boatload of asylum seekers intercepted by the Australian navy and returned to Sri Lanka is to be handed over to the police, a Sri Lankan naval spokesman said on Monday, a...
View ArticleWhy ‘Natural’ Wine Tastes Worse Than Putrid Cider
There’s a tendency among wine writers to keep their heads down and opt for a quiet life. That may explain why they don’t tell the truth about natural wine. They never write that most of it is...
View ArticleMerkel Says U.S. Spying Allegations Are Serious Breach of Trust
BEIJING (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday allegations that a German man worked as a double agent for U.S. intelligence were serious and, if true, were a clear contradiction of...
View ArticleAfghanistan's Ghani Wins Presidential Vote: Preliminary Result
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan declared former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani the winner of last month's presidential election on Monday on the basis of preliminary results from a messy vote that has...
View ArticlePushed From Slaviansk, Ukraine Rebels Barricade Donetsk
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian rebels erected new barricades on the streets of Donetsk on Monday, preparing to make a stand in the city of a million people after losing their bastion in the...
View ArticleIraq's ISIS Is Eclipsing Al-Qaeda, Especially With Young Jihadists
The biggest threat to Al-Qaeda may now be its erstwhile allies. In fact, the extremist group that has long been the international symbol of jihadist terrorism faces a growing risk of irrelevance, and...
View ArticleUganda Says Anti-Gay Bill Misunderstood by Donors Who Halted Aid
KAMPALA (Reuters) - International donors who withheld aid over Uganda's anti-gay bill "misinterpreted" the law whose main focus was to stop promotion of homosexuality to children and others, the...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Unfriending My Ex: And Other Things I'll Never Do, by Kim Stolz
My social media and phone addiction has metastasized as the years have passed. I have owned two Nokias, two PalmPilots (’memba those?), four BlackBerries, three iPhones, and two iPads, all of which I...
View ArticlePink Floyd Will Release Its First Album Since 1994 in October
It's been a lonely two decades for Pink Floyd fans. The psychedelic-rock band hasn't released an album since 1994's David Gilmour-helmed The Division Bell, which—like the much-reviled A Momentary Lapse...
View Article63 Women and Girls Escape Boko Haram After Clashes With Nigerian Military
Nigerian officials have confirmed that 63 women and girls have escaped after being held captive by Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram, according to a report by AFP.The hostages are part of a group of...
View ArticleAfghanistan's Abdullah Abdullah Rejects Election Results as a 'Coup'
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah has rejected preliminary results of last month's run-off election which put his rival Ashraf Ghani in the lead, his spokesman said on...
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