World Leaders Aim To Hold Ukraine Summit In Minsk Wednesday
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine aim to hold a summit in Minsk this week as they try to stem fighting in eastern Ukraine, officials said Sunday. The…
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Greek Leader To Reject Austerity, Lay Out Hard Leftist Program
By Jeremy Gaunt ATHENS, Feb 8 (Reuters) – New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will lay out his radical left-wing government’s policies in a speech later on Sunday, firmly rejecting…
Mayor of Paris Grows Into Her New Role as Comforter in Chief
PARIS — Even after Fox News apologized for broadcasting false claims that Paris was blighted by dangerous Muslim-ruled “no-go zones,” the mayor of Paris could barely conceal her indignation. “The…
6 Bosnian Immigrants Indicted For Using Facebook, PayPal To Faciliate Extremists In Syria
Six Bosnian immigrants accused of sending money and military equipment to extremist groups in Syria used Facebook, PayPal and other readily available services to communicate and transfer funds, according to…
Nigeria Postpones Elections, Citing Boko Haram Violence
Nigeria’s election commission on Saturday postponed presidential and legislative elections for six weeks due to security concerns. – The conflict has increasingly spilled over into neighboring Cameroon, Chad and Niger,…
Ruling raises possibility of new trial for convicted killer in ‘Serial’
Lee and Syed were seniors at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County when she disappeared in January 1999. Her body was discovered in a city forest three weeks later. Throughout…
Jordan’s royal couple: 5 things to know
Such words could have come straight from the mouth of the King himselfa former major general in the Jordanian army. Queen Rania consoled the grieving wife of the pilot who…
Real humbled in Madrid derby rout
Although there was little Casillias could do about Saul Niguez’s stunning overhead kick that gave Atletico a 2-0 halftime lead. The visitors had hoped to cement their strong position in…
China Seizes Toilet Paper Bearing Face Of Hong Kong’s Leader Leung Chun-ying
Authorities in southern China have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper and another 20,000 packages of tissues containing unflattering images of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive, according to an…
Anguish in Argentina After Mysterious Murder of Prosecutor
Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. Today, we speak with leading Argentinian journalist Nelson Castro about the mysterious…
Less Than Half Of The Money Pledged To Fight Ebola Reached Affected Countries Last Year
Nearly $2.9 billion has been pledged to help fight the Ebola outbreak since it swept West Africa last year, but a new study found a large discrepancy between the funds…
Time to close HIV’s racial disparities
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, being marked Saturday, is a good moment to reignite the conversation over a crisis that should have ended years ago. Despite representing only 13% of…
Kane double as Spurs beat Arsenal
Coach Arsene Wenger had raised the possibility that key striker Alexis Sanchez might recover from a hamstring injury in time. Sanchez didn’t make it but former Real Madrid star Mesut…
Israeli Opposition Calls On Netanyahu To Cancel Congress Speech
Israeli opposition leaders are calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his planned speech in front of the U.S. Congress. Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog said Saturday that instead…
North Korea Test-Fires New Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
North Korea said Saturday that it has test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile, a move experts in Seoul viewed as an attempt to raise tensions ahead of joint military drills…
Dozens Killed In Bombings Across Baghdad
A series of bombings in the Iraqi capital Saturday killed more than three dozen people hours before the city’s longtime curfew was set to come to an end. The deadliest…
Europe And U.S. Clash Over How To Confront Putin On Ukraine
* Merkel says arming Ukraine would only worsen conflict * U.S. Senator Graham accuses Berlin of turning back on ally * Talks with Putin yield little beyond agreement to talk…
New Allegations Renew Old Questions About Saudi Arabia And 9/11
For years, some current and former American officials have been urging President Barack Obama to release secret files they say document links between the government of Saudi Arabia and the…
Jordan Bombs More ISIS Targets In Retaliation For Pilot’s Death
AMMAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Jordan carried out a third straight day of air strikes on Islamic State targets on Saturday, it said, in response to the group’s killing of…
Family Of Islamic State Hostage Kayla Jean Mueller Hopeful She’s Still Alive
The parents of a 26-year-old American who Islamic State extremists say was killed in an airstrike in Syria said in a statement addressed to group leaders that the claim of…
Divisions on Display Over Western Response to Ukraine at Security Conference
MUNICH — Differences within the Western alliance over whether to send defensive arms to Ukraine were thrust into the open on Saturday when Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said she…
Kurds say ISIS destroyed key Iraq bridge; airstrikes pound jihadist targets
About 30 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk, ISIS late Friday blew up a bridge that helps connect an ISIS-held area to the city, said Saman Jabari, a senior Kurdish political leader…
Merkel: Ukraine peace ‘uncertain’ after talks with Putin, but worth trying
Merkel and French President Francois Hollande met with the Russian President in Moscow on Friday. On Saturday, at the annual Munich Security Conference, she said it is uncertain whether their…
Shivering, Hungry and Tearful in Rebel-Held Eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine — Nikita, who has been living for several months with his mother and 1-year-old sister in a basement labyrinth of makeshift tents and rubber-bucket lavatories, explained why he…
Kayla Mueller’s parents appeal to ISIS: ‘We are still hopeful’
Until now, they said, they have not talked to the media as ISIS warned them not to. The terror group captured Mueller, an Arizona native, in 2013. It said Friday…
Obama is not a Christian?
One of the strangest right-wing conspiracies is that Barack Obama is not really a Christian. It’s strange because the President has missed few opportunities to inject Christianity into his rhetoricto…
Black History Month: Bridge racial divides
Brooke dedicated his life to serving his country. After graduating from Dunbar High School and Howard University in his native Washington, D.C., he shipped off to Italy, where he earned…
Now’s not time for more Iran sanctions
Some members of the U.S. Congress may be resisting proposed new sanctions on Iran, but their opposition doesn’t seem likely to stop Congress passing legislation on Tehran’s nuclear program by…
Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman Believed He Would Be Fired
A prosecutor whose mysterious death has rocked Argentina’s government confided to an opposition congresswoman that he believed his case against President Cristina Fernandez was going to cost him his position,…
Pope should make these four women saints
Romero was assassinated in 1980 by a right-wing death squad after preaching against the government’s oppression and human rights violationswhat Catholics call “the preferential option for the poor.” To me,…