Boko Haram Attacks Multinational Military Base
African terrorist organization Boko Haram attacked Baga, Nigeria, on Sunday, members of the Nigerian military confirmed. Baga is home to a multinational military base, representing Cameroon, Chad,...
View ArticlePutin Divides EU With Moscow Parade Invite, as Obama Declines and Kim Jong-un...
An invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to the 70th anniversary celebrations since allied victory over Nazi Germany has ignited controversy among European leaders, as Latvia's Foreign...
View ArticleJudge to Weigh Releasing Grand Jury Record in NYC Chokehold Death
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge will hear arguments later this month whether to publicly release the records of a grand jury hearing in the case of an unarmed black man killed after a policeman...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriages Begin in Miami, Hours Before the Rest of Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) - A judge ruled same-sex marriages could begin in Miami-Dade County on Monday, just ahead of gay couples being able to tie the knot statewide after midnight when Florida becomes the...
View ArticleHouse Republicans Should Oust Boehner
The House of Representatives may be under Republican control, but it lacks any semblance of principled leadership. In fact, fiscally conservative and libertarian-leaning members—the ideas wing of the...
View ArticlePhotos: Life in Ukraine
As Ukraine battles with pro-Russia seperatists to maintain its fragile independence, civilians try go on with their daily lives. To accompany reporter Lucian Kim's story, "Behind the Scenes With...
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Resolves to Read More Books
The new year opens the gate for a flood of resolutions. Some people swear they’ll hit the gym, quit smoking or spend less time on social media. On the list of New Year’s resolutions for Facebook’s Mark...
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Behind the Scenes With Ukraine’s Guards
Mariupol Mayor Yury Khotlubei convenes his war council in a drafty hall in the former Continental Hotel, a mint-green palace built more than a century ago. Forty men sit before him in white plastic...
View ArticleOil Extends Crash Into New Year as Glut Fear Deepens
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The selloff in global oil markets showed little signs of slowing in the new year, falling as much as 6 percent on Monday to their lowest since spring of 2009 as fears of a supply...
View ArticleLebanon to Restrict Entry of Syrian Refugees
Lebanon has started restricting the number of Syrians entering the country, requiring them to obtain a visa at the border.Located to the west of Syria, and perched on the Mediterranean Sea, the small...
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A Very Untidy Bowl Season: Degenerate Gamblers, Trickeration and Oregon vs....
Time, as philosopher-sleuth Rust Cohle once said, is a flat circle. So is the emblem on the Oregon Duck helmet. So is the first letter in Ohio State University. Time is a flat circle: Everything we’ve...
View ArticleTaiwan's New Year's Flag Raising in Washington Upsets China
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has protested to the United States after Taiwan's de facto embassy in Washington hoisted a Taiwanese flag on New Year's Day, and urged the United States to respect the "One...
View ArticleSyria Upset John McCain, Others, Entered Country Without Visas
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has complained to the United Nations that U.S. Republican Senator John McCain, former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and former U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith...
View ArticleTomb of Unknown Egyptian Queen Unearthed Near Cairo
A tomb believed to hold the remains of a previously unknown Egyptian queen has been unearthed near Cairo, authorities said Sunday.The tomb, which was discovered by archaeologists in Abu-Sir, a village...
View ArticleIraqi Base With U.S. Troops Taking Fire From Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. troops have started training Iraqi military forces at two bases in Iraq as they work to build a force that can take the offensive against Islamic State militants who overran...
View ArticleTo Beat the Taliban, Pakistan Needs School Reform
On December 16, the 145 victims of the Army Public School attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, bore the burden of their nation’s failures and paid for them with their lives. The survivors that day witnessed...
View ArticleWolf Population Unchanged After Controversial Idaho Hunting Contest
Over the weekend, 125 hunters poured into the small town of Salmon, Idaho, to participate in the Predator Hunting Contest and Fur Rendezvous, better known as a “hunting derby.” The end result? Thirty...
View ArticleSledding Ban Coming to a City Near You?
Sledding is dangerous. Each winter, snow-suited children of all ages careen down icy hills on slabs of unsteerable plastic designed specifically to reduce friction—or, in other words, to go as fast as...
View ArticleGov. Jerry Brown Wants Half of California's Power to Be Green by 2030
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday laid out an ambitious plan for 50 percent of the state's electricity to be generated by renewable resources over the next 15 years...
View ArticleU.K. Could Require Teachers to Report Would-Be Terrorists
A counterterrorism policy currently being considered in the U.K. would legally require everyone from child care providers at nurseries to teachers at schools and universities to spot and report people...
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