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US launches airstrikes in Iraq
U.S. warplanes bombed Islamist fighters marching on Iraq\'s Kurdish capital on Friday after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent ...Cambodia tribunal convicts Khmer Rouge leaders
Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia\'s Khmer Rouge ended, a U.N.-backed tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top ...Russia bans all U.S. food, EU fruit and vegetables in sanctions response; NATO fears invasion
Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vegetables from Europe, the state news agency ...Liberia declares state of emergency over Ebola virus
Liberia declared a state of emergency Wednesday due to the deadly Ebola outbreak as US President Barack Obama said it was premature ...Argentine woman in emotional meeting with long-lost grandson
An elderly Argentine woman hugged her long-lost grandson for the first time Wednesday in an emotional meeting, thirty-six years after he was ...Saudi bans brides from 4 countries
Saudi men have been banned from marrying women from three Asian and one African country as the Gulf state toughens the rules ...Snowden receives three-year Russian residence permit: lawyer
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking extensive secrets of its electronic surveillance programs, has been ...England reduces India to 63-5 at lunch
James Anderson and Stuart Broad struck four times between them without conceding a run Thursday as India limped to 63-5 against England ...Olympic medalist Paget wins horse doping case
Olympic equestrian bronze medalist Jock Paget was cleared in a doping case Thursday after a panel ruled that he was not to ...Arsenal, Porto head Champions League playoffs draw
Arsenal and Porto are among the big clubs entering the Champions League qualifying campaign when the draw for the last-round playoffs is ...




