Syrian forces enter IS-held Palmyra; intense clashes with IS
By ALBERT AJI and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Backed by Russian airstrikes, Syrian government forces on Thursday pushed into the ancient town of Palmyra that has been held by the Islamic State…
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IS beheads leading Syrian antiquities scholar in Palmyra
By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Islamic State militants beheaded a leading Syrian antiquities scholar who spent most of his life looking after the ancient ruins of Palmyra, then hung…
Foreign affairs, culture wars split GOP focus ahead of 2016
By PHILIP ELLIOTT Need evidence there’s no clear path to the Republican presidential nomination? Consider the competing messages on Sunday’s talk shows from likely candidates. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, relatively…
UNESCO leader re-elected amid budget tightening
Irina Bokova, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) speaks to the media following the 37th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, in Paris,…
US to lose vote at UNESCO, incurs debts
By THOMAS ADAMSON FILE- This Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, file photo shows a general view of the UNESCO prior to the opening of General Conference in Paris, France. American influence…
German art hoard held unknown Chagall, Matisse
By DAVID McHUGH A painting of Marc Chagall is projected on a screen during a news conference in Augsburg, southern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, on the art found in…
DOOMED US NAVY SHIP REMOVED FROM PHILIPPINE REEF
By JIM GOMEZ FILE – In this March 29, 2013 photo released by the Philippine Coast Guard, workers prepare for lifting of a part of the dismantled hull of the…