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US, UK and France close embassies in Yemen
The United States, Britain and France rushed to close their embassies over security fears in Yemen, with US staff destroying top-secret documents ...Greece, Eurozone fail to reach debt agreement
Greece\'s new leftist government and its international creditors failed to agree on a way forward on the country\'s unpopular bailout and will ...Sudanese forces rape 221 women, girls in mass attack
Sudanese army troops raped at least 221 women and girls in a Darfur village in a series of organized, house-to-house attacks last ...Leaders to sign document after Minsk talks on Ukraine
Leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France will sign a document following all-night talks in Minsk on solving the Ukraine conflict, a ...Putin announces cease-fire deal with Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but questions remained whether ...Egypt frees two Al Jazeera journalists on bail
Two remaining Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt on charges of aiding a "terrorist organization" were freed on bail on Thursday after ...20,000 foreign fighters head to Syria
Foreign fighters are flocking to Syria at an "unprecedented" rate, with more than 20,000 volunteers from around the world joining the Islamic ...Cuba Is Hot
We arrived in Havana tonight, February 8, 2015, or year ...Ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn testifies in French sex ring trial
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who was tipped to become French president before being accused of sexual assault by a New ...HSBC admits Swiss bank failings over client taxes
British bank HSBC Holdings Plc admitted failings by its Swiss subsidiary in response to media reports it helped wealthy customers dodge taxes ...




