Tide turning in Ebola fight after hard lessons
By KRISTA LARSON and MARIA CHENG A top U.N. official in the fight against Ebola greeted just three patients at one treatment center he visited this week in Sierra Leone.…
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Japan condemns new video, not yet verifying it’s of hostages
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH Japanese officials said Saturday they were investigating a new online message purporting to be from the extremist Islamic State group about the two Japanese…
Obama to cut short India trip to pay call on Saudi Arabia
By JULIE PACE and ASHOK SHARMA President Barack Obama will cut short his three-day trip to India and visit Saudi Arabia to pay respects after the death of King Abdullah,…
Town once run by polygamist leader is sharply divided
By BRADY McCOMBS As polygamist leader Warren Jeffs awaited his fate in a Texas prison, he sent an order to his followers on the Utah-Arizona border: Build me a new…
Image of Asia: Rehearsing for India’s Republic Day parade
By The Associated Press In this photo by Saurabh Das, Indian soldiers march down Rajpath, a ceremonial boulevard, during rehearsal ahead of next week’s Republic Day parade. President Barack Obama…
Yemen rebels call for protests a day after president resigns
Yemen’s Shiite rebels have called on supporters to hold mass rallies, a day after the country’s embattled president and Cabinet resigned. The Houthi rebels called for the demonstrations to be…
Russia: country must prepare for deeper, longer crisis
A top Russian official says the country’s economic crisis will worsen and is likely to be longer than the last one in 2008-2009. During a debate Friday at the World…
Hands-on with Microsoft’s hologram device
By BRANDON BAILEY Microsoft didn’t use skydivers or stunt cyclists to introduce what it hopes will be the next big leap in computing technology. Instead, with its new HoloLens headset,…