Politics
U.S. presses case against Russia on downed jet as horror deepens
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laid out what he called overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the shooting down of Malaysia ...Israeli tanks dig in at Gaza frontier as Palestinian toll tops 300
Israeli soldiers in tanks and bulldozers dug in across a mile-wide strip of Gaza\'s eastern frontier on Saturday as Palestinian officials said ...Confident Assad launches new term in stronger position
Bashar al-Assad was sworn in for a new term as Syria\'s president on Wednesday, after an election which his opponents dismiss as ...U.S. slaps toughest sanctions yet on Russia, targets Putin allies
President Barack Obama imposed the toughest U.S. sanctions yet on Russia, striking at the heart of Vladimir Putin\'s powerbase by targeting companies ...British PM Cameron appoints Philip Hammond as foreign minister
British Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Philip Hammond as foreign minister on Tuesday as he reshuffles his cabinet ahead of the 2015 general ...Egypt proposes ceasefire in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Egypt has proposed a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza that would start on Tuesday, ending a week of cross-border ...Israel accepts, Hamas rejects Egypt truce proposal
Hamas rejected an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel on Tuesday, moments after the Israeli Cabinet accepted the plan, throwing into ...Ukraine forces end rebel airport blockade
Ukraine said on Monday its forces had ended a rebel blockade of a strategic airport in the east as it traded charges ...Israel holds off on escalating Gaza barrage; West wants truce
Israel appeared to hold off on a threatened escalation of its week-old Gaza Strip barrage on Monday despite balking at Western calls ...Germany wins World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0
Germany won the World Cup. Host Brazil won a world of new friends.




