British aid worker shot dead in South Sudan
A British aid worker in war-torn South Sudan was shot dead late Tuesday in the capital Juba, the government said.Syria willing to halt Aleppo airstrikes for six weeks
The Syrian government is willing to suspend its aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of the northern city of Aleppo so that a ...Ukraine forces withdraw from besieged town
Government forces started pulling out of a town in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday after a fierce assault by Russian-backed separatists which Europe ...Despite Ukraine cease-fire, violence continues
Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce ...Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded
Egypt\'s air force bombed Islamic State targets inside Libya on Monday, a day after the group released a video showed the beheading ...35 IS jihadists killed in clashes with Syria Kurds
At least 35 Islamic State jihadists were killed on Sunday in clashes with Syrian Kurdish fighters around the flashpoint town of Kobane, ...Poet laureate Philip Levine dies at age 87
Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose intimate portraits of blue-collar life were grounded in personal experience and political conscience, died Saturday. ...Video purports to show Islamic State militants in Libya beheading Christian hostages
A video purporting to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages was released Sunday by militants in Libya affiliated with the ...Danish police kill suspect in two Copenhagen shootings
Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then ...Ukraine rebels disavow ceasefire at encircled town
Ukraine\'s rebels disavowed a new truce on Sunday hours after it took effect, saying it did not apply to the town where ...
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