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MOSCOW — Ukrainian officials acknowledged on Thursday that they had relinquished to rebel forces control over the terminal of the airport in Donetsk, while artillery fire gutted a trolley bus…
I operate the only abortion clinic in Wichita. For many of our patients, we are their last hope. A woman showed up on our doorstep recently in wrinkled clothes that…
Monday “is not realistic” as a start date, and the court expects to announce a new date next week, said Ginny Hurley, spokeswoman for the U.S. District Court in Boston.
On the threshold of the 2016 election, the GOP is in a terrible fix over immigration. They’ve done such an effective job of alienating Hispanics over the years with their…
Books with titles like “The Wisdom of Failure” top bestseller lists and there is even a popular annual conference, FailCon, that gathers people together to study past fails. But in…
The Houthi rebelsShiite Muslims who have long felt marginalized in the majority Sunni countrykidnapped presidential Chief of Staff Ahmed bin Mubarak in the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday. The rebels then…
“It’s a nightmare,” says Zaki Chairi. Chairi, a 27-year old Belgian comedian who performs with a humorous theatrical group that calls itself the “Muslim Raiders,” was speaking several days after…
The demands by terrorists for ransoms in return for kidnapped hostages continues and growsand it is a brave (some would say heartless) government that chooses non-payment over the lives of…
Young, mainly in their 20s, sometimes younger, these student refugees share a similar narrative. Their villages, tucked away in the remote regions of South Kordofan in the Sudan, became uninhabitable:…
With a mouth packed full of needle-like teeth and a body like an eel, the six-foot long frilled shark is sometimes described as a fish “fossil” that dates back 80…
The dead were mainly killed by arson attacks on buses and cars, police said. The two most recent victims, who died of their injuries in hospital Thursday, were victims of…
A previous court-martial had stripped him of his title of general and deprived him of his pension for “dabbling in politics.” Fonseka, who led government forces to a decisive victory…
That teenager, called “Kim,” disappeared in a southern Turkish border city earlier this month, leading authorities to suspect that he may have slipped away to Syria to join ISIS. While…
DONETSK, Ukraine — Local authorities in the separatist stronghold in east Ukraine say at least seven people have been killed after a city bus was hit by an artillery shell….
BARCELONA, Spain — Núria Rivero, an art historian, gave a tour one recent day of a sumptuous mansion from Barcelona’s own bygone gilded age, one now owned by the city….
“Don’t assume you are a respectable person, just because of your position,” he said in the speech, footage of which was widely circulated on social media. “To us, you are…
As more than 30,000 spectators looked on at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) during Wednesday night’s T20 “Big Bash” league clash between the Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers, visiting batsman…
“Yavash, yavash,” the small, gray-haired doctor says, leaning across from the passenger seat to put a hand on his friend’s shoulder, imploring him to slow down the black Toyota as…
We started our foundation in 2000 with the idea that by backing innovative work in health and education, we could help billions of people improve their lives. The progress we’ve…
Smog has darkened Beijing’s skies and sullied the city’s reputation, but northern China’s persistent pollution plague is now getting more artful treatment from one of China’s most famous filmmakers. Greenpeace…
Can anybody stop Real Madrid, on the football pitch and off it? For the 10th year running, European champion Real Madrid is the world’s richest club in the annual Football…
A leading human rights group said Wednesday that Egypt is failing to protect its women from widespread violence and criticized the country’s authorities for “token” legal reforms that have not…
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Shelling from both Ukrainian military and rebel separatist positions continued Wednesday over a remote border checkpoint northwest of Luhansk that Ukraine said was seized Monday by Russian…
The fictional world of “Harry Potter” has made a profound impact on human rights in Muggle society. And it used chocolate to do it. – To be fair trade certified,…
BRUSSELS — The Belgian authorities on Wednesday partially identified two men believed to be Islamic militants who died last week in a police raid, releasing the first names and nationalities…
BERLIN — The leader of an anti-immigrant movement that has attracted tens of thousands of supporters and upended political debate in Germany stepped down on Wednesday after he was found…
Mystery in the gunshot death of a prosecutor who had accused Argentina’s president of covering up a terror attack deepened Wednesday with the revelation that a door to his apartment…
For many kids, a trip to Disneyland is a dream come true. But for some of those kids and their families who visited “the happiest place on Earth” a few…
Germany’s Foreign Minister says Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a procedure for the withdrawal of heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine. Frank-Walter Steinmeier says his counterparts from Russia and Ukraine…
Mohamedou Slahi was wearing black-out goggles. A guard dragged him onto a boat and someone forced him to drink seawater. “It was so nasty I threw up…They stuffed the air…