World
Clinton ties to rich come with strings
posted: 02/13/2014 5:30 a.m. Discuss
Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have built a sprawling network of powerful friends around the globe, one that could aid Hillary Clinton’s chances is she seeks the presidency. But those relationships often come with intersecting interests and political complications.
Syrian airstrikes reportedly rip town
posted: 02/13/2014 5:27 a.m. Discuss
Syrian warplanes pounded a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border Wednesday, activists said, as opposition leaders in Geneva called on Russia to put pressure on the government to prevent the faltering peace negotiations from collapsing.
Group, U.N. fear African ‘ethnic cleansing’
posted: 02/13/2014 5:26 a.m. Discuss
The exodus of tens of thousands of Muslims from Central African Republic amounts to “ethnic cleansing,” a top United Nations official and Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Algerian plane’s black box found
posted: 02/13/2014 5:25 a.m. Discuss
The black box from an Algerian military plane that crashed into an eastern mountain has been found, the country’s state news agency reported Wednesday.
The world in brief
posted: 02/13/2014 5:19 a.m. Discuss
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We must act concertedly and now to avoid continued atrocities on a massive scale.” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking about Central African Republic, which the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said was being torn apart by “ethnic-religious cleansing”
Names and faces
posted: 02/13/2014 5:17 a.m. Discuss
Veteran TV newsman Tom Brokaw has been diagnosed with cancer, NBC News said Tuesday.
Syrian planes pound rebel town near Lebanon border
posted: 02/12/2014 11:08 a.m. Discuss
BEIRUT — Syrian warplanes pounded a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Wednesday, activists said, as opposition leaders in Geneva called on Russia to put pressure on the government to prevent the faltering peace negotiations from collapsing.
Amnesty: Muslim exodus in Central African Republic 'ethnic cleansing'
posted: 02/12/2014 7:38 a.m. Discuss
DAKAR, Senegal — The exodus of tens of thousands of Muslims from Central African Republic amounts to "ethnic cleansing," Amnesty International said Wednesday, warning that the sectarian bloodshed now under way despite the presence of thousands of peacekeepers is a "tragedy of historic proportions."
2 in tandem on Iran, Syria
posted: 02/12/2014 5:40 a.m. Discuss
President Barack Obama waded into two international struggles Tuesday, vowing to come down like “a ton of bricks” on firms that violate sanctions against Iran and acknowledging that Syrian peace talks are far from reaching their goal.
Grenades in theater slay 13 in Pakistan
posted: 02/12/2014 5:32 a.m. Discuss
Assailants threw grenades into a crowded movie theater Tuesday in northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 people, officials said, in an attack that shows the challenges as negotiators face off in talks between the Taliban and the government.
Iran marks 1979 revolution
posted: 02/12/2014 5:28 a.m. Discuss
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani marked the anniversary of the founding of the Islamic republic Tuesday by telling a crowd that “no single political faction can rule the country, and all political groups must have a share in running the country.”
4 Turks in Greece face terror charges
posted: 02/12/2014 5:26 a.m. Discuss
Four Turkish men arrested in Athens were charged Tuesday with terrorism-related offenses. Greek police said one of them also is wanted by Turkish authorities on allegations of participating in a terrorist organization.
Camel cameos anachronistic in the Bible, researchers find
posted: 02/12/2014 5:24 a.m. Discuss
There are too many camels in the Bible, out of time and out of place.
Plane crash fatal to 77 in Algeria
posted: 02/12/2014 5:16 a.m. Discuss
An Algerian military transport plane slammed into a mountain Tuesday in the country’s rugged eastern region, killing 77 people and leaving just one survivor, the country’s defense ministry said.
Syrian sides won’t budge in peace talks
posted: 02/12/2014 5:14 a.m. Discuss
Syrian peace talks appeared bogged down Tuesday, with the United Nations mediator acknowledging little progress has been achieved and with the two sides failing even to agree on an agenda to move negotiations forward.