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Bomb blasts in Baghdad kill 28 people
A wave of car bombings in Baghdad killed 28 people on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence that ...Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist ambush
An ambush by pro-Russian separatists has killed seven Ukrainian soldiers, the heaviest loss of life for government forces in a single clash ...UN special envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi resigns
U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi resigned Tuesday after trying for nearly two years to overcome “almost impossible odds” to end ...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, ...




