US-backed Kurdish fighters begin offensive into last Syrian territory held by ISIS
At about 6 p.m. Saturday, as darkness crept over eastern Syria, Kurdish forces backed by US-led coalition aircraft and using artillery and heavy machine guns began an assault of the last ISIS enclave in the country.
Nude protest, black flags greet Modi in Assam
A second day of protests on Saturday tainted prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to northeast India where proposals to change a nationality law have sparked outrage.
Donald Trump's long and dramatic history with Jeff Bezos
On Thursday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took the extraordinary step of posting a personal essay alleging that the National Enquirer offered to bury embarrassing personal photos of him -- stemming from an extramarital affair -- if an investigator working for Bezos would stop referring
Death of girl, 10, shines spotlight on child abuse in Japan
The death of a 10-year-old girl, allegedly at the hands of her abusive father after authorities failed to respond to pleas for help, has prompted soul searching in Japan as the country comes to terms with a record number of child abuse cases.
‘Lebanon takes its time, and so it should!’
SO THE agony lingers on in Lebanon. Yet again, it is taking months to form a government acceptable to everybody, or which the government can sell to everybody.
Chinese student sentenced to a year in prison for taking photos of naval base
A 20-year-old Chinese student was sentenced to a year in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to illegally taking pictures at a key US defense intelligence facility in Florida.
Two killed in Istanbul building collapse
At least two people were killed and six wounded after an eight-storey residential building collapsed in Istanbul of Turkey on Wednesday, the governor’s office said.
Trump calls for rejection of 'politics of revenge' in speech that jabs Democrats
President Donald Trump appeared before a divided Congress for the first time on Tuesday to appeal to lawmakers' sense of unity at a moment of deepening partisan spite.
North Korea is hiding nukes and selling weapons, alleges confidential UN report
North Korea is moving its nuclear and ballistic weapons to hide them from potential US military strikes, according to a UN Security Council diplomat citing a confidential UN report.
Mamata stages sit-in against Modi
The chief minister of a big Indian state led a sit-in on Monday in a standoff with prime minister Narendra Modi’s government over a corruption investigation she condemned as a vendetta, as political tension rises ahead of a general election.
