Thousands fled their homes in a Gaza town on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave ahead of threatened attacks on rocket-launching sites, on the sixth day of an offensive that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 160 people.
A Jersey City police officer was killed on Sunday morning after he responded to a report of an armed robbery at a Walgreens store, the authorities said.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Only eight countries have won the World Cup, and with Germany and Argentina colliding in Sunday's title match at Maracanã stadium, the club will remain locked to outsiders.
Orbital Sciences Corp. (ORB:US)'s Antares rocket successfully lifted off today, carrying a capsule of supplies to dock with the International Space Station three days from now.
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday major differences persist between Iran and six world powers negotiating on Tehran's nuclear program, with a week to go before a deadline for a deal.
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will not attend Sunday's World Cup final in Brazil between Germany and Argentina because of the situation in his country, his office said.
Washington’s War Crimes Spread from Africa and the Middle East to Ukraine — Paul Craig Roberts Thank you + Neal White for providing us with the link to Dr.Roberts' book A person might think that revuls…ion in “the world community” against Washington’s wanton slaughter of civilians in eight countries would have led to War Crimes Tribunal warrants issued for the arrest of presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama and many officials in their regimes. But the vo...
ABUJA (Reuters) - Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for two explosions on June 25 at a fuel depot in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, AFP reported on Sunday, which, if true, would be the first recorded attack on the city by the ...
BAGHDAD - As Iraq's deadlocked Parliament was again unable to reach a deal to name a new speaker on Sunday, Sunni militants carried out a raid near Baghdad, the Iraqi capital - a symbolically significant attack signaling their intent to move closer, even ...
CAIRO—Rival militias battled Sunday for the control of the international airport in Libya's capital, as gunfire and explosions echoed through the city and airlines canceled some international flights.
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With the news that two people died from lightning strikes in two days at Rocky Mountain national park, it's important to take basic precautions when out hiking.
Investors will get an early preview on whether corporate America backs a rosier economic picture as key players in the S&P 500's two largest sectors - tech and financials - report quarterly results this week.
(Reuters) - World financial markets became reacquainted with fear last week, and even if it was short-lived, the ructions in some riskier assets looked to some like a precursor to a much rougher ride down the road.
Aecom Technology Corp. (ACM:US) agreed to acquire URS Corp. (URS:US), the engineering and construction-management company targeted (URS:US) by activist hedge fund Jana Partners LLC, for about $4 billion in cash and stock.
So far, so good. The Airbus A350, the European aircraft maker's first new passenger jet in seven years, and its most sophisticated aircraft yet, is on course to enter commercial service at the end of this year with Qatar Airways.
Changes Galore in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) before the Q4 FY 14 earnings and looks like Satya Nadella wants change in attitude and approach to begin with.
The war is over and the apes have won - at the multiplex, at least. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the second installment of the rebooted sci-fi franchise, stampeded to an easy win at theaters this weekend.
I am stricken to hear of the death today of Lorin Maazel at his home, Castleton Farms, Virginia, in the middle of the festival that he and his wife Dietlinde Turban-Maazel founded there, and that now continues without him.
After a bevy of bad news in the days since the accident that critically injured Tracy Morgan, the news that he has been released from rehab is an undeniably exciting and happy one.
One of Australia's most decorated athletes - five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe - has bravely come out as being gay. The swimmer has been plagued with the question since he was very young - at 14, he was catapulted into the public eye as the ...
Cory Monteith's estranged father Joe Monteith is speaking out about the death of his son a year later. "I still miss him very much," the elder Monteith told Entertainment Tonight Canada in a new interview.
United States golfer Mo Martin was the surprise winner of the Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale. On a high-scoring final day, the 31-year-old secured an eagle on the 18th hole to finish one under par after a round of 72.
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The "supermoon" has been snapped by people around the world this weekend. The phenomenon known as the "perigee supermoon" is when the moon appears larger and brighter in the sky owing to its elliptical orbit of Earth.
Do you know why chimpanzees are so intelligent? Or have you ever though some chimpanzees are smarter than others? In an interesting revelation, a new study has found that like humans, chimpanzees also inherit a significant amount of their intelligence ...
HEALTH experts have stepped up efforts against the deadly Ebola virus arriving in Scotland with the Commonwealth Games, amid a worsening outbreak in one of the competitor countries.
After a series of laboratory blunders involving a number of deadly biological agents, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has temporarily suspended activity of both anthrax and flu labs.
