

Ukraine rebel: Residential areas used as cover
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A top separatist commander in eastern Ukraine admitted Thursday that rebels have mounted rocket attacks against...


Ex-Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe dies at 85
LONDON (AP) — Jeremy Thorpe, an influential British politician who helped revive the Liberal Party before his career was cut short by...


Islamic militants attack Chechen capital; 20 dead
GROZNY, Russia (AP) — Police waged hours-long gunbattles with Islamic militants who attacked Chechnya's capital Thursday, leaving at...


Inside WORLD : Lifestyle December 03, 2014 Novelist Ben Okri wins Bad Sex in Fiction prize
LONDON (AP) — Booker Prize-winning Nigerian writer Ben Okri has won the uncoveted Bad Sex in Fiction Award, a prize for erotic literary...


Extremists kill at least 7 in Nigeria attacks
BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists struck in two state capitals in northeastern Nigeria on Monday, killing at least...


INSIDE KOBANI Kurdish women on the frontline
KOBANI, Syria (AP) — On the front lines of the battle for Kobani, Kurdish female fighters have been playing a major role in helping...


Officials: Wife of IS leader detained in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese authorities detained a wife and suspected son of the leader of the Islamic State group several days ago, and she...


Kenya: Somalia's Islamist rebels kill 36 workers
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Islamic extremists from Somalia killed 36 quarry workers in northern Kenya early Tuesday, targeting non-Muslims...


Murder charges against Egypt's Mubarak dismissed
CAIRO (AP) — A judge dismissed murder charges Saturday against former President Hosni Mubarak and acquitted his security chief over the...


Islamic State group attacks Kobani from Turkey
BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group launched an attack Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey, a Kurdish official and...