Witness: Islamist Militants Storm Nigerian Village of Koronginim, Kill 'Many'
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants stormed a village in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, killing several people and torching houses near where more than 200 schoolgirls were...
View ArticleU.N. Urges Afghan Presidential Candidate to Return to Race
KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations on Saturday urged Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah to return to the electoral process after he dropped out earlier this week, accusing the organizers...
View ArticleSunni Fighters Seize Border Post on Iraq-Syria Border
ANBAR, IRAQ (Reuters) - Sunni fighters seized a border post on the Iraq-Syria frontier, security sources said on Saturday, smashing a line drawn by colonial powers almost a century ago with the aim of...
View ArticleNew Eavesdropping Equipment Sucks All Data Off Your Phone
In a Capitol Hill hearing room two summers ago, privacy activist Christopher Soghoian organized a stunning demonstration of some new police surveillance technology. A small group of congressional...
View ArticlePope Francis Says All Mafia Members Are Excommunicated
SIBARI Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday took on one of Italy's most dangerous organised crime groups, calling it an example of "the adoration of evil" and saying Mafiosi "are...
View ArticleFather of UK Man in ISIL Recruitment Video Speaks Out
LONDON (Reuters) - The father of a British man who appears in an online video urging Muslims to join the militant group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) spoke on Saturday of his family's...
View ArticleKerry to Discuss Possible Oil Disruptions Due to Iraq Conflict
CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss with Gulf countries this week possible oil disruptions from the Iraq conflict, a senior State Department official said on Sunday.Kerry...
View Article'We Gave the Americans a Blow Job,' Got Nothing, Says Polish Foreign Minister
WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish news magazine said on Sunday it had obtained a secret recording of Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, in contention for a senior European Union job, saying that Poland's...
View ArticleJohn Kerry: U.S. Won't Pick Who Rules Iraq, But Iraqis Must Find Inclusive...
CAIRO (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the United States wanted the Iraqi people to find an inclusive leadership to contain a sweeping Islamist insurgency but Washington would...
View ArticleIsraeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians While Hunting Missing Teenagers
RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed two Palestinians on Sunday, Palestinian medics and a militant group said, as Israel pressed on with its crackdown on Hamas, the Islamist group it...
View ArticleAdvertisement-Shy Wimbledon Is World's Most-Lucrative Tennis Tournament
Every summer, a private club with fewer than 500 members holds a tennis tournament in a London suburb that produces a clear, off-the-top profit in excess of $60 million in just two weeks. The club is...
View ArticleEgypt Court Jails Al Jazeera Journalists for 7-10 Years
CAIRO (Reuters) - Three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed for seven years in Egypt on Monday after a court convicted them of helping a "terrorist organisation" by spreading lies, in a case that has...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Groups Promising Kids Education and Sending Them to War: HRW
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Militant Islamist groups in Syria are recruiting children as young as 15 and sending them into battle after promising them a free education, a Human Rights Watch report said on...
View ArticleKerry Lands in Baghdad to Press Iraqi Leaders as Insurgency Spreads
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Baghdad on Monday to press Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to form a more inclusive government to quell a Sunni insurgency that has swept...
View ArticleAutism Risk Much Higher for Children of Pregnant Women Living Near...
Pregnant women who live near agricultural land where pesticides are applied have a 60 percent higher risk of giving birth to children with autism or other developmental delays, a new study from the...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Cuts Back Climate Change Regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a mixed ruling on a challenge to part of President Barack Obama’s greenhouse gas regulations by exempting a small proportion of facilities...
View ArticleOutrage After Al Jazeera Journalists Sentenced to Prison: 'Defies Logic,...
Al Jazeera English journalists Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed were sentenced on Monday to seven years in Egyptian prison for accusations of reporting false news and supporting the...
View ArticleThe View From Baghdad as It Braces for ISIS Onslaught
BAGHDAD—For a city awaiting the imminent arrival of an angry, powerful army of Islamist militants intent on wresting power from the government and wreaking revenge on the local population, Baghdad...
View ArticleReport: Pilot of Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Now Chief Suspect
More than three months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and its 239 passengers went missing without a trace, the pilot of the plane is now the “chief suspect” in Malaysia's official police...
View ArticleAfghan Election Officer Quits, Opens Way for Abdullah to Return to Race
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, who pulled out of the race alleging vote-rigging, indicated he might return after a senior election official resigned on...
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