The Latest: Sanders wants his issues heard at convention
The latest developments in the 2016 campaign for the presidency. All times EDT: ___ 1:16 p.m. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he has a long list of issues he plans…
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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…
Israel says con men stole millions from global companies
By DANIEL ESTRIN and ERIKA KINETZ The scam had all the trappings of a major con. Working from a dingy office building just a short drive from the glittering Mediterranean…
Aid group says IS shooting civilians fleeing Fallujah battle
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN The Islamic State group has been shooting at civilians as they try to flee the nearly two-week battle between Iraqi government forces and IS militants in the…
Islamic State kills dozens of its own in hunt for spies
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE In March, a senior commander with the Islamic State group was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there…
US Muslims draw inspiration from Ali’s fight for his faith
By JEFF KAROUB Even in his final months, Muhammad Ali was speaking out on behalf of Islam, the religion he so famously embraced in the 1960s by changing his name…
Muhammad Ali, who riveted the world as ‘The Greatest,’ dies
TIM DAHLBERG Muhammad Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, has died. He was 74. Ali suffered for years from…
OPEC states fail to reach deal on production
By GEORGE JAHN OPEC countries failed Thursday to agree on measures to influence crude supplies and prices, in a missed opportunity to show the resolve that for decades let them…