An unprecedented climate change-fueled drought contributed to the political unrest in Syria, a new paper published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes. The Syrian drought,…
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That islet has merged with its neighbor and continues to develop. – CNN’s Junko Ogura contributed to this report
MOSCOW — A natural gas payment dispute between Russia and Ukraine that had been casting a shadow over European energy markets appeared to be winding down on Friday, as both…
READ: Kashkari rules out California Senate run – CNN’s Kevin Bohn contributed to this report.
Mayor Nir Barkat was passing by in his car when he came upon a scene and stopped his car, he told CNN. – CNN’s Mariano Castillo contributed to this report.
“We are also considering today, this month and next month, the pros and cons of whether or not to release the list,” he said. – CNN’s Richard Roth contributed to…
He was 30, according to the website IMDb.com. – CNN’s AnneClaire Stapleton and Henry Hanks contributed to this report.
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The pop star made the announcementand showed off her huge heart-shaped ringon Instagram. – CNN’s Lisa Respers France contributed to this report.
All the victims were civilians, Haider Sharif, a police official, said. Journalist Adeel Raja contributed to this report
A train hauling crude oil derailed and exploded in West Virginia, displacing up to 1,000 residents and contaminating the local water supply. At least 27 of the train’s more than…
LONDON — Total, the Paris-based oil giant, on Thursday reported a loss of $5.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2014 as it struggles with the deep slump in oil…
This shouldn’t surprise anyone: the vast majority of guests appearing on the five big Sunday shows are white men. Liberal watchdog Media Matters released a report Wednesday showing that an…
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer contributed to this report.
According to the criminal complaint, Mangan was found dead by his mother last Wednesday after he was shot in the face inside his home. – CNN’s Karan Olson contributed to…
For a year and half, Mueller’s family in this idyllic town has lived with the knowledge that the Islamic militant group ISIS is holding the 26-year-old American aid worker. Publicly,…
HONG KONG — President Xi Jinping of China is set to make a state visit to the United States later this year, his first since becoming the top leader of…
Mississippi Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R) died Friday at age 56 after a battle with cancer. – Sabrina Siddiqui contributed to this report.
He said the shooting occurred in a room of a School of Public Health building. – CNN’s Chandler Friedman contributed to this report.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The television network Al Arab appeared well equipped to muscle its way into the Middle East’s crowded market of satellite news channels: top talent, backing from…
Neither plane was carrying passengers. – CNN’s Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report
Bernice Gordon, a self-described ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ who over the last six decades contributed some 150 crossword puzzles to The New York Times, died on Thursday at her home in Philadelphia. She was…
How times have changed in Scotland’s largest city. Over the last three years Celtic and Rangers have been like strangers in the night as the financial capitulation of Glasgow’s blue…
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had a combined total of 99 new cases for the week to January 25, the WHO said. – CN’s Debra Goldschmidt contributed to this report.
Complain. And complain loudly. Shortly after 12:10 a.m. ET, Facebook and Instagram went down. – CNNMoney’s Charles Riley contributed to this report.
READ: Reid describes upcoming eye surgery – CNN’s Ted Barrett contributed to this report.
“Leadership matters if we are going to have elected officials who work each and every day so that our government doesn’t stand in the way of opportunity, but creates the…
Yang sold the baby boy to a couple in the same county for 42,000 yuan. She gave 35,000 yuan to Huang and kept 7,000 yuan for herself, the report said….
READ: Abortion poses 2016 challenge for GOP – CNN’s Kevin Bohn contributed to this report.