Special Report: Migrant truck tragedy - one smuggler's story
ZAKHO, Iraq In photo after photo, Sediq Sevo's Facebook page lays out the riches and allure of Europe.
Kurdistan's new exodus
ZAKHO, Iraq Around 30 of the migrants who died in a truck in Austria in August were Iraqi Kurds, some of them from Zakho, an ancient city on the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey.
Jordanian killer was on a journey to 'paradise or hell'
AMMAN Days before he shot dead five people in a canteen during his lunch break, Jordanian police officer Anwar Abu Zeid sent a message to friends saying he was going on a journey to "paradise or hell", friends and security sources said.
Emerging market credit crunch could haunt 2016
LONDON A world getting comfortable again with high debt but few defaults looks set for a rude awakening next year, and not just in the United States.
Israel looks to the United States for baseball tutors
WASHINGTON Baseball is known as the national pastime of the United States. The same cannot be said in Israel, but a new program enlisting American Jewish ballplayers is aimed at honing the skills of Israeli hopefuls and elevating the game there.
Russian plane crash points to Egypt's counterinsurgency flaws
ARISH, Egypt Giant posters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in military uniform hang at security checkpoints leading to the Sinai, but the crash of a Russian airliner in the peninsula has shattered the image of control they seek to project.
Allergan CEO Saunders warms up to drug discovery
NEW YORK Brenton Saunders, the whiz-kid pharmaceutical executive with a reputation for being wary of the costs of early-stage drug development, says he's open to new ideas from outside and is now warming up to investing in drug discovery if it makes sense for his company.
Wielding riches, Qatar seeks to deepen U.S. ties, protect regional clout
DOHA Qatar is hoping big investment and trade deals with Washington will help restore its position as a Middle East power broker after charges of World Cup graft, labor abuse and links to militants damaged its standing.
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