 |
Police officer shot dead near Boston, suspect heldA police officer for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was shot to death on Thursday night at the school's Cambridge campus, touching off a manhunt in a community on edge just days after the Boston Marathon bombing. Po More… |
 |
150 killed in battle with S Sudan rebelsMore than 150 people have been killed in a battle between South Sudan's army and insurgents in the eastern Jonglei state, officials said. The African country's army earlier this month launched an offensive against rebels l More… |
 |
Algeria death toll rises to 80 as more bodies foundAlgerian troops found 25 bodies of hostages at a bomb-littered gas plant deep in the Sahara desert on Sunday, a day after ending a four-day siege, a security source said, raising the death toll of militants and their captives to at least 80. More… |
 |
Top Hamas commander killed in Israeli airstrikeIsrael killed the military commander of Hamas, Ahmed Al-Jaabari, in an airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, bringing the two sides to the brink of a possible new war. The attack came despite signs that Egypt had managed to br More… |
 |
Top anti-Assad official killed in Beirut blastsA prominent Lebanese intelligence official opposed to President Bashar al-Assad was killed in a huge car bomb in Beirut in another sign that Syria's civil war is dragging its volatile neighbor into the conflict. Wissam al-Hass More… |
 |
Turkish army hits back after Syrian mortar strikeThe Turkish military returned fire after a mortar bomb shot from Syria landed in countryside in southern Turkey on Saturday, the state-run Anatolian news agency reported. It was the latest in a series of Turkish retaliatory attack More… |
 |
Muslim world challenges Western free speechMuslim leaders were in unison at the United Nations this week arguing that the West was hiding behind its defense of freedom of speech and ignoring cultural sensitivities in the aftermath of anti-Islam slurs that have raised fears of a widening More… |
 |
19 killed in Nepal air crashA small plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Friday, killing 19 people, including seven British and five Chinese passengers, an airline official said. The twin-engine propeller-driven Dornier More… |
 |
Over 20 killed in 'Friday of fury'Simmering Muslim anger over insults to Prophet Mohammed exploded in violent protests across Asia and the Middle East yesterday even as some religious leaders called for peace and restraint. More than 20 people were killed and hund More… |
 |
33 killed in India factory blazeA massive blaze swept through a fireworks factory in south Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, killing at least 33 people and injuring dozens more, some with serious burns, police said. Most of the dead were workers in the factory More… |
