July 24, 2014
Wreckage of Air Algerie Plane Spotted
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita says searchers have spotted the wreckage of an Air Algerie plane that went missing on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algeria. Keita says the plane's wreckage has been spotted in northeastern Mali, between the…
July 22, 2014
Israel Hits Targets in Gaza
Israel kept up its assaults in the Gaza strip on Tuesday, pummeling a wide range of targets, as the conflict entered its 15th day. Overnight, Israel bombed five mosques, a sports complex and the home of the late Hamas military chief, a Gaza police…
July 22, 2014
Train With MH17 Crash Victims’ Remains Arrives in Ukraine-held City
A train carrying the bodies of nearly 300 people killed in the crash of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine arrived in the government-controlled eastern city of Kharkiv Tuesday, as a senior pro-Russia separatist leader handed over the plane's black…
July 18, 2014
OSCE investigators reach east Ukraine site
International investigators have arrived at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, after rebels in eastern Ukraine allowed them access. Some 30 monitors went to the village of Grabovo where the plane, carrying 298 people, came down on…
July 18, 2014
Israel, Hamas Resume Hostilities
Israeli Defense Forces and Palestinian militants resumed hostilities in Gaza Thursday after a temporary humanitarian cease-fire came to an end. Meanwhile, talks on a more comprehensive truce are underway in Egypt. Palestinian civilians received a…
July 18, 2014
Malaysian Airliner Crashes in Eastern Ukraine
Russian media reports say a Malaysian airliner flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines reported on Twitter that it lost contact of a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Ukrainian airspace…
July 16, 2014
Syria’s Assad Sworn In for New 7-Year Term
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sworn in for a new seven-year term following an election; the opposition and its Western allies have dismissed the election as a sham. He took the oath of office today Wednesday during a ceremony at the…
July 10, 2014
Kerry Faces Uphill Battle to Defuse Afghan Election Standoff
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry could arrive to a skeptical audience in Afghanistan this week, as he tries to resolve a deepening crisis over a disputed presidential election which has stirred ethnic tensions in the fragile country. Kerry is…
July 10, 2014
China, US Discuss Economy, Cyber Security
The United States and China vowed to make progress on disagreements over cyber hacking and economic disputes as they wrapped up two days of high-level talks in Beijing. The sixth round of the U.S-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue addressed…
July 8, 2014
Israel ‘ready for escalation’ of Gaza conflict
At least 12 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say, as the Israeli military prepares "all options" to stop rocket fire. Six people died in an air strike on a house in Khan Younis, while four were killed when a car was…