Egypt to unveil Suez Canal extension amid nationalist fervor
By BRIAN ROHAN Egypt on Thursday will unveil a major extension of the Suez Canal that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has billed as an historic achievement needed to boost the country’s…
War and unrest
Israeli arrested after West Bank arson that killed toddler
By DANIEL ESTRIN Israel said Tuesday it was interrogating the suspected head of a Jewish extremist group in the first arrest of an Israeli suspect following last week’s arson attack…
AP WAS THERE: US drops atomic bombs on Japan in 1945
By The Associated Press On two days in August 1945, U.S. planes dropped two atomic bombs — one on Hiroshima, one on Nagasaki, the first and only time nuclear weapons…
4 Marines and gunman die in attack on two military sites
By LUCAS L. JOHNSON and KATHLEEN FOODY A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chattanooga on…
Pro-Israel group urges Congress to reject deal
Here are the latest developments involving the agreement between the United States, Iran and world powers to limit the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program (all times EDT): 4:08 p.m. A leading…
Joint Chiefs nominee: Russia is top security threat to US
By DEB RIECHMANN President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday that Russia poses the greatest threat to U.S. national security and it would be…
An IS secret to success: Shock troops who fight to the death
By HAMZA HENDAWI, QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE They are the Islamic State group’s elite shock troops. Fanatical and disciplined, they infiltrate cities of Iraq and Syria, unleash mayhem and…
The Latest: Explosions on Egypt side of Gaza border
The latest news on the coordinated militant attacks in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai Peninsula that killed 50 soldiers (all times local): 4:30 p.m. An Associated Press reporter heard two explosions…