Explosion near one of Islam’s holiest sites in Saudi Arabia
By AYA BATRAWY State-linked Saudi news websites reported an explosion Monday near one of Islam’s holiest sites in the city of Medina, as two suicide bombers struck in different cities…
Accidents and disasters
41 dead in Istanbul airport attack; Turkish govt blames IS
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY, SUZAN FRASER and DOMINIQUE SOGUEL Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded hundreds at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport, apparently targeting Turkey’s crucial…
Body of boy snatched by gator found in Disney lagoon
By JAY REEVES and TERRANCE HARRIS The body of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was snatched off a Walt Disney World beach by an alligator and dragged underwater was recovered…
Police: Approximately 20 killed in Florida club shooting
By MIKE SCHNEIDER A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub early Sunday before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police…
Syria TV: Twin explosions near Damascus kill 8, wound 13
By BASSEM MROUE Two suicide bomb attacks struck close to the Syrian capital Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding over a dozen others in the latest attack to…
Car bomb attack targeting police kills 11 people in Istanbul
By DOMINIQUE SOGUEL AND SUZAN FRASER A car bomb struck a police vehicle in Istanbul during rush hour on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 others in what marks…
More than 700 feared dead in recent Mediterranean crossings
By SARAH EL DEEB Survivor accounts have pushed to more than 700 the number of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over three days in the past week, even…
Obama uses Hiroshima visit as opportunity to urge no nukes
By NANCY BENAC and FOSTER KLUG With an unflinching look back at a painful history, President Barack Obama stood on the hallowed ground of Hiroshima on Friday and declared it…