Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish rebels
World
July 15, 2011
Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish rebels
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish soldiers, air force bombers and helicopter gunships conducted a major offensive in southeastern Turkey on Friday…
US: Somalia food crisis one of biggest in decades
World
July 15, 2011
US: Somalia food crisis one of biggest in decades
NAIROBI, Kenya - East Africa's worsening famine is one of the largest humanitarian crises in decades, a US State Department…
Libyan rebels fall back after failed advance
World
July 15, 2011
Libyan rebels fall back after failed advance
BENGHAZI, Libya - Rebels in Libya's east pulled back Friday after a failed advance on an oil town, as embattled…
Kurdish rebels kill 13 Turkish soldiers
World
July 14, 2011
Kurdish rebels kill 13 Turkish soldiers
ANKARA, Turkey - Separatist Kurdish rebels killed 13 Turkish soldiers and wounded seven others Thursday in a rare dayside ambush…
Mubarak denies ordering protesters killed
Egypt
July 14, 2011
Mubarak denies ordering protesters killed
Ousted President Hosni Mubarak has told interrogators he did not order security forces to open fire on protesters during the…
Turkey to propose ‘road map’ to end Libyan crisis at Istanbul meeting
World
July 14, 2011
Turkey to propose ‘road map’ to end Libyan crisis at Istanbul meeting
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey will present a “road map” to help end the Libyan crisis when countries backing NATO’s military…
UK deputy leader calls on Rupert Murdoch to face parliamentary committee
World
July 14, 2011
UK deputy leader calls on Rupert Murdoch to face parliamentary committee
LONDON, England - Britain’s deputy prime minister says Rupert Murdoch should appear before a parliamentary committee to answer questions about…
Terror attack kills 17, wounds 81 in Mumbai
World
July 13, 2011
Terror attack kills 17, wounds 81 in Mumbai
MUMBAI, India – Three near-simultaneous explosions rocked India's busy financial capital at rush-hour Wednesday, killing at least 17 people in…
Egypt fires 669 officers to cleanse police force
Egypt
July 13, 2011
Egypt fires 669 officers to cleanse police force
Egypt's government, meeting a key demand by protesters, fired nearly 700 top police officers on Wednesday to cleanse the discredited…
Police report 3 explosions in Indian financial hub
World
July 13, 2011
Police report 3 explosions in Indian financial hub
Police say three explosions have happened at busy locations in India's business capital of Mumbai.