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Fear stalks Damascus after jihadist gains
Some Damascus residents now fear the worst after Islamist coalition gains against the military in northern Syria. Despite regime reassurances, could jihadists ...U.S., Japan unveil new defense guidelines for global Japanese role
Japan and the United States unveiled new guidelines for defense cooperation on Monday, reflecting Japan\'s willingness to take on a more robust ...Google, Facebook join Red Cross to find thousands missing after Nepal quake
German development worker Caroline Siebald and her boyfriend Charles Gertler, an American glaciologist, were on a rafting trip in Nepal when the ...Shock turns to anger as Nepalese wait for quake assistance
Shock turned to anger in Nepal on Tuesday, as some of the tens of thousands of people stricken by the weekend\'s devastating ...Nepal scrambles to organize quake relief, many flee capital
Nepalese officials scrambled on Monday to get aid from the main airport to people left homeless and hungry by a devastating earthquake ...International aid groups rush to reach Nepal quake victims
Countries and international aid groups rushed to respond Saturday to a massive earthquake in Nepal that claimed more than 1,805 lives as ...Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemeni capital, ships shell Aden
At least five air strikes hit military sites and an area near the presidential palace compound in the Yemeni capital Sanaa at ...Kazakhstan goes to polls as president expected to win
Voters in Kazakhstan turned out in abundance at polling stations Sunday for a presidential election guaranteed to overwhelmingly reconfirm the incumbent, who ...Seventeen bodies found at Everest base camp, injured rescued by helicopter
Seventeen bodies have been recovered at the base camp on Mount Everest where hundreds of climbers are stranded after an earthquake in ...Nepal hit by major aftershock as search for quake survivors intensifies
Rescuers dug with their bare hands and bodies piled up in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu ...




