MADRID, SPAIN- The US journalist killed by the IS militant group, James Foley, might have escaped but gave up the attempt so as not to abandon his friend, a former fellow hostage said Monday. In a...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ- The UN's health body said Monday that more than five million people need medical services in Iraq as it bemoaned a 70 percent gap in funding required to help. "The longer we wait, the...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Jo Biddle and Sara Hussein in Beirut- As the devastating war in Syria entered its fifth year Sunday, the US said it would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar...
TRIPOLI, LIBYA- Rare clashes between fighters from the Islamic State group and the Fajr Libya militia coalition erupted Saturday in the central city of Sirte, security and militia officials said. It...
KATHMANDU, NEPAL, Ammu Kannampilly- Google launched a virtual tour of Nepal's Everest region on Thursday, allowing armchair tourists a rare glimpse of life in one of the toughest and most...
PARIS, FRANCE, Pauline Froissart- Aid agencies have found themselves frustrated and increasingly bitter as the Syrian conflict enters a fifth, blood-soaked year and those in need of help become...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, Carole Landry- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council on Thursday to overcome divisions and take action to end the war in Syria as the conflict...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State released a video Tuesday purporting to show a young boy executing an Arab Israeli who it claimed infiltrated the group in Syria to spy for the Jewish state. In the...
CAIRO, EGYPT- Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi called on Monday for the creation of a unified Arab force to battle the spread of Islamic extremist groups. "There is an urgent need for the creation of...
MIAMI, UNITED STATES- Using a new approach to DNA analysis, the 17th century bones of three African slaves have been traced to their countries of origin for the first time, researchers said Monday....
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