Hightlights
Two biggest US cable companies to merge
The two biggest U.S. cable communications operators are merging.Afghan prisoners freed from Bagram despite US protests
Afghanistan released 65 alleged Taliban fighters from jail on Thursday despite condemnation from the United States, which says the men could return ...Deadly blast hits Pakistan police bus
A bomb attack in Karachi, Pakistan, has killed at least 11 police officers and wounded dozens more.Battle on Lebanese border as Syria talks falter
The UN-backed evacuation of civilians and delivery of aid has continued at the besieged rebel-held Old City of Homs. Meanwhile, talks ...US braces for another deadly storm
A deadly winter storm that has coated much of the southeastern United States with ice is moving up the east coast, taking ...Pioneering TV comedian Sid Caesar dies at age 91
Pioneering U.S. television comedian Sid Caesar, who set the standard for TV comedy in the early 1950s, has died at 91.Nigeria militants kill dozens in Borno state attack
Boko Haram fighters have killed 39 people and razed scores of homes when they stormed two villages in northeast Nigeria, firing indiscriminately ...Syria peace talks not making much progress, says envoy
U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says peace talks between delegates from the Syrian government and opposition to President Bashar al-Assad are laborious ...Serbian court jails nine for 1999 war crimes in Kosovo
Serbia\'s war crimes court has convicted nine former members of a paramilitary group for the 1999 massacre of more than 100 ethnic ...Obama declares emergency as storm hits US Southeast
U.S. President Barack Obama has declared an emergency in Georgi,a where forecasters predict a crippling ice storm.