

The Latest: In Russia, outpouring of grief for crash victims
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The latest news on a Russian passenger plane that has crashed on a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to St....


WORLD Egypt says Russian aircraft crashes in Sinai, no survivors
CAIRO (AP) — A Russian aircraft carrying 224 people crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20...


A Russian plane carrying more than 224 people crashed in Egypt.
An Airbus A-321 carrying 224 people crashed Saturday morning in the desert of Sinai. More than 100 victims. THE ESSENTIALS A Russian...


EUROPE Russian women on space test unworried about absence of men
MOSCOW (AP) — Before six Russian women began an eight-day simulation of a voyage to the moon, they had to answer a key question: How...


Iraqi army battles Islamic State militants near Fallujah
BAGHDAD (AP) — Fierce clashes erupted northeast of Fallujah on Saturday between the Iraqi army and Islamic State militants following an...


High civilian toll in Yemen conflict; at least 550 dead
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — With combatants fighting in neighborhoods and Saudi-led coalition warplanes pounding Iran-backed rebels from the sky,...


Armenia marks centennial of killing of 1.5 million.
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The presidents of Russia and France joined other leaders Friday at ceremonies commemorating the massacre of...


Powerful former Syrian army general dies in hospital.
BEIRUT (AP) — Rostom Ghazali, the Syrian general once considered the most powerful man in Lebanon and a key suspect in the assassination...


World in Crisis' Refugees from Burundi flow into Rwanda as tensions mount
GASHORA, Rwanda (AP) — More than 10,000 people from the East African nation of Burundi have crossed into neighboring Rwanda amid threats...


Poland bans 'provocative' Russian bikers loyal to Putin.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities said Friday they will not allow a nationalistic Russian motorcycle group loyal to President...