Egypt Sentences Muslim Brotherhood Leader Mohamed El-Beltagy to One Year for...
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced a leading figure of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed El-Beltagy, to one year in prison on Saturday for insulting the judiciary, the first sentence handed to...
View ArticleU.S. Moves to Seize a Manhattan Skyscraper It Says Belonged to Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday criticized a U.S. government move to seize a Manhattan skyscraper owned largely by a foundation that promotes its language and Islamic culture, saying this violated...
View ArticleUkrainian Rabbi Who Got Order to Register Thinks It Was a Hoax
DONETSK/KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian rabbi whose congregation was the target of an anti-Semitic leaflet that drew global media interest and condemnation from the U.S. government believes it was a hoax...
View ArticlePope Blasts 'Immense Wastefulness' in Easter Address
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in his Easter address before a huge crowd, on Sunday denounced the "immense wastefulness" in the world while many go hungry and called for an end to conflicts in...
View ArticleGun Battle Erupts at Pro-Russian Checkpoint in East Ukraine, at Least 2 Dead
SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - At least two people were killed in a gunfight early on Sunday near a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, shaking an already fragile international accord...
View ArticleGeorge Will Explores the History of Wrigley Field
George Will loves baseball. George Will loves the Chicago Cubs. George Will loves to write. This much is clear in his latest book, A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred, a...
View ArticleCivilians Also Killed in Air Strikes in Yemen That Kill 35 Al Qaeda Militants
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Air strikes in southern Yemen killed about 25 suspected al Qaeda members on Sunday, local tribal sources said, in the second operation of its kind within two days.On Saturday an...
View ArticleTop Palestinian Cleric Says Israel Threw Stun Grenades Into Al Aqsa; Israel...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The most senior Islamic cleric in Jerusalem said on Sunday Israeli police hurled stun grenades into al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest site, to quell the latest in a string of...
View ArticleVice President Biden to Meet Ukraine President, Prime Minister In Kiev
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Ukraine's acting president, Oleksander Turchinov, and Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk during a visit to Kiev on Tuesday, the White...
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Video: Keflezighi Becomes First American in 3 Decades to Win the Boston Marathon
BOSTON (Reuters)—Meb Keflezighi on Monday became the first U.S. male athlete to win the Boston Marathon in three decades as onlookers chanted "USA! USA!," an emotional performance in a city still...
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South Korea's President Says the Actions of the Crew Who Fled Sinking Ferry...
JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Monday the actions of some crew of a ferry that sank with hundreds feared dead were tantamount to murder, as a four-year-old...
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At the Center of Millions Lost in Bitcoin Exchange, Mark Karpeles Was a...
TOKYO (Reuters) - In June 2011, when customers of now-bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox agitated for proof that the Tokyo-based firm was still solvent after a hacking attack, CEO Mark Karpeles turned...
View ArticleThousands Strike at Chinese Factory That Makes Adidas Shoes
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - One of China's biggest strikes in years stretched into a second week on Monday, and spread from a huge shoe production complex in southern Guangdong province to a facility owned by...
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Starting Five for Monday
1. Golden State Road Warriors The Bay Area 'ballers are one of five visiting, or lower-seeded, teams to win Game 1 of the NBA postseason. The only home team of the eight that cruised? Miami.2. Boston...
View ArticleVideo: Russian Dashcam Captures Meteor Flashing Across the Sky
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians with smartphones and dashboard cameras captured footage of a meteor that flashed across the night sky near the Arctic Circle over the weekend.There were no reports of damage...
View ArticleAereo Supreme Court Case Could Change How Americans Watch TV
Nearly 30 years ago, Barry Diller and Rupert Murdoch founded the Fox TV network. Today, the two billionaires are on opposite sides of a legal battle between a television streaming startup and America's...
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Ukraine Peace Deal Falters as Rebels Show No Sign of Surrender
KIEV/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - An agreement reached last week to avert wider conflict in Ukraine was faltering as the new week began, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of...
View ArticleBig Boy Toys: Sony's a6000 Is a Camera for Enthusiasts With Some High-End...
I hate to admit to being anything less than an Ansel Adams in my own mind, profligately pointing and shooting my cellphone or digital camera at anything vaguely pictorial. The results are as one would...
View ArticleDrone Strikes a 'Tactical Band-Aid' and Civilian Casualties Fuel Rage,...
SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) - An intense two days of air strikes on al Qaeda in Yemen may have killed or wounded some of its commanders, but drones alone are unlikely to eradicate the threat the group poses...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: Beezus
New York Magazine would like you to know about 20 people who are famous on the internet for doing things you don't care about, like buying stuff, clicking "follow", or putting on makeup. Modern...
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