World News
Deadly clashes in eastern Ukraine city Slovyansk
Ukrainian forces killed five militants during operations to take down the pro-Russians\' roadblocks in Slovyansk on Thursday, the Ukrainian interior ministry said.Suspected mass grave excavated in Serbia
Forensic experts from Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia have begun excavation of a suspected mass grave in Serbia. It\'s believed to contain at ...Obama says Senkaku Islands fall under US-Japan treaty
The disputed Senkaku Islands fall under the scope of the Japan-United States security alliance, President Barack Obama told a news conference Thursday ...Afghan security guard shoots dead 3 American doctors at hospital
Three American medical staff members died when an Afghan security official opened fire Thursday at an American-run Christian hospital in Kabul in ...Death toll in South Korea ferry disaster crosses 150
The toll in last week\'s South Korean ferry capsize off the country\'s southwestern coast reached 150 Wednesday as divers searched intensively inside ...Fatah and Hamas agree unity government deal
The Gaza-based Islamist group Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas\'s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed on Wednesday to implement a unity pact, both ...Russia threatens response if interests attacked in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state television that Russia would retaliate if its legitimate interests or Russians are attacked. He said ...Violence erupts in Rio slum near Olympic venues
Violence erupted in a Rio de Janeiro favela as angry residents set fires and showered a busy avenue in the city\'s main ...US sending troops to Eastern Europe
The United States is sending about 600 soldiers to Poland and the three Baltic states for infantry exercises, the Pentagon said on ...Militants kill second Somali lawmaker, threaten more attacks
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu Tuesday, the second Somali member of parliament (MP) killed since Monday, media reported.