Politics

Europe on edge with at least one Paris attacker on the run - 11/18/2015

FRANCE, Fran Blandy- Europe was on high alert Tuesday with at least one of the Paris attackers on the run, as France and Russia formed an unusual alliance against the Islamic State jihadists who have...

Coalition jets pound IS 'capital' in Syria, oil trucks - 11/17/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein- US-led coalition warplanes have pounded the Islamic State group in Syria after the Paris attacks, with French raids hitting IS stronghold Raqa and another strike...

The Paris assailants: what we know - 11/17/2015

PARIS, FRANCE, Hazel Ward- Investigators probing the deadly Paris attacks have so far identified five of seven gunmen and suicide bombers whose bodies were found at three sites across the city, while...

Lebanon arrests 11 over Beirut bombings - 11/16/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Lebanon has arrested 11 people, mostly Syrians, over last week's Beirut bombings that killed 44 people, an attack whose original target was a hospital, officials said on Sunday. "The...

Obama, Putin strike chord on Syria as leaders vow to quell terror - 11/16/2015

ANTALYA, TURKEY, David Williams / Stuart Williams- US President Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin of Russia agreed Sunday on the first steps towards peace in Syria, as the Paris attacks jolted world...

Terror casts shadow over City of Light - 11/15/2015

PARIS, FRANCE, Richard Ingham, Septime Meunier and Ambre Tosunoglu- The Eiffel Tower was closed, the Champs-Elysees was lifeless and museums, markets and schools were shuttered on Saturday as Paris...

Paris attacks show Syria war cannot be contained - 11/15/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Dave Clark- The murderous attacks on French civilians enjoying a night out in Paris were proof, were any needed, that the war in Syria and Iraq will not be contained there....

Gunmen kill more than 120 in wave of attacks across Paris - 11/14/2015

PARIS, FRANCE, Simon Valmary / Eric Randolph- Gunmen killed more than 120 people in a wave of attacks across Paris on Friday, shouting "Allahu akbar" as they massacred scores of diners and...

Iraq Kurd chief announces 'liberation' of Sinjar from IS - 11/14/2015

SINJAR, IRAQ, Abdel Hamid Zebari- Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani announced the "liberation" of the town of Sinjar from the Islamic State group on Friday, the latest in a series of setbacks for...

'Deep breaths' for tough new Syria talks in Vienna - 11/14/2015

VIENNA, AUSTRIA, Nicolas Revise and Simon Sturdee- Some 20 countries and international bodies meet in Vienna again Saturday groping for a way out of Syria's horrific civil war, with deep divisions...
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