Additional bombings bring death toll to 88 across Baghdad
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and SUSANNAH GEORGE he scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi… Read more BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police and hospital…
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sources: US getting tougher with Israel over settlements
By MATTHEW LEE and BRADLEY KLAPPER The United States will endorse a tougher tone with Israel in an upcoming international report that takes the Jewish state to task over settlements,…
Airstrikes, shelling kill at least 60 in Syria’s Aleppo city
By SARAH EL DEEB A wave of airstrikes and shelling killed more than 60 people in less than 24 hours in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, monitors and activists…
Exclusive: N. Korea to halt nuke tests if US stops drills
By ERIC TALMADGE North Korea is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea, the North Korean foreign minister told…
Little help for survivors of Central African Republic abuses
By KRISTA LARSON The peacekeepers motioned to the teenage girl weaving through the sprawling camp in the baking afternoon sun selling bananas from a plate atop her head. Soon their…
UN chief visits Palestinian camp destroyed in 2007 fighting
By BASSEM MROUE The U.N. secretary-general appealed Friday from Lebanon, urging the international community to provide necessary funding to help finish the rebuilding of a Palestinian refugee camp destroyed in…
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…
Czech: EU, Turkey reach breakthrough deal on migrant crisis
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS The European Union and Turkey have reached a landmark deal to ease the migrant crisis and give Ankara concessions on better EU relations, The Czech prime minister…