BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim- Iraq's foreign minister said Wednesday that foreign assistance in the fight against the Islamic State jihadist group should respect the country's sovereignty. He hailed the role...
PARIS- A dark lunar basin that, seen from Earth, produces the "Man in the Moon" effect, was created by an outpouring of lava and not an asteroid strike, astronomers said Wednesday. Known as the...
WASHINGTON- A new Twitter-funded research project unveiled Wednesday, with access to every tweet ever sent, will look for patterns and insights from the billions of messages sent on social media. The...
JOHANNESBURG- Seven million fans of South Africa's most popular television soap opera will be cut off from their daily dose of drama this week after the entire cast was sacked for demanding better...
BEIRUT- A Lebanese soldier kidnapped two weeks ago by jihadists near the Syrian border was freed late Tuesday, a military spokesman told AFP. The spokesman, who confirmed the release on condition of...
LONDON- British fighter jets on Tuesday bombed an artillery post and an armed truck used by the Islamic State group in Iraq in the Royal Air Force's first strikes in the US-led air campaign. The...
SAN FRANCISCO- Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment on Tuesday released a "Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor" video game that plays out between "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings." The action...
HONG KONG, Benjamin Haas- Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters turned parts of Hong Kong into a massive street party on Monday night, with the mood turning festive just a day after riot...
WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama admitted Sunday that the United States had underestimated the opportunity that a collapsing Syria would provide for jihadist militants to regroup and stage a sudden...
UNITED NATIONS- Germany will host an international conference next month to mobilize aid for Syrian refugees after the launch of US-led airstrikes, the foreign minister told the United Nations on...
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