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Turkish coal mine explosion kills hundreds
The death toll in a mine explosion in western Turkey jumped to 201, a provincial mayor told CNN Turk news channel on ...Lithuanian president faces second round in elections
Lithuania\'s presidential election is to go to a second round run-off after President Dalia Grybauskaite fell short of the 50 percent of ...Pro-Russian separatists declare victory in east Ukraine vote
Organizers of Sunday\'s independence referendum in Ukraine’s eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk say 89 percent of those who cast ballots voted in ...Missing Nigeria schoolgirls shown in new Boko Haram video
Boko Haram has released a new video claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted last month, alleging they had ...The Limits of Military Power
Is overwhelming national military power a reliable source of influence in world ...African migrant boat sinks off Italian coast
At least 14 people were killed when a ship carrying migrants sank about 100 miles off southern Italy Monday, the state-run ANSA ...Italy: Lazio offers €800 reward for home births
The president of Rome\'s Lazio region has signed a decree to pay €800 to mothers who choose to give birth at home, ...Russian deputy PM sends bomber tweet after Romania airspace ban
Romania asked Moscow for an explanation on Saturday after Russia\'s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin, reacting to being barred from its airspace, ...South Sudan frontlines reported calm as ceasefire comes into force
South Sudan\'s government said Saturday that fighting in the country\'s five-month civil war appeared to have stopped as a ceasefire with rebels ...Honestly, War Is Over
When we start talking about ending war, one common reaction -- not ...