By PETR JOSEK and PETER LEONARD A cease-fire that went into effect Sunday in eastern Ukraine appeared largely to be holding, although continued fighting over a bitterly contested railway hub…
By FELICIA FONSECA Kayla Mueller was in a detention cell in Syria, face to face with her boyfriend who was posing as her husband. Had she told her captors she…
By JOAN LOWY Drone on, the government says.Just not through the night sky. Or close to an airport. Or out of the operator’s sight. And probably not winging its way…
A former top official accused of taking bribes in return for government positions has been expelled from the ruling Communist party and stripped of all government positions, a party watchdog…
Authorities have suspended Carnival festivities in the Brazilian city of Paraty after gunfire killed one person and injured nine others. The mayor’s office of the seaside colonial city says a…
By ASHRAF KHALIL AND MAGGIE MICHAEL A video purporting to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages was released Sunday by militants in Libya affiliated with the Islamic State…
Interview with Poet Samuel Foster as he talks about his start with poetry, his involvement with the poetry team the Headhunters , his January pound slam win, and his feature…
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israel’s prime minister on Sunday called for the “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following a deadly shooting near Copenhagen’s main synagogue, renewing a blunt message…
