Ex-staffer: Benghazi committee pursuing 'partisan investigation' targeting Hillary Clinton
A former investigator with the House Select Committee on Benghazi is accusing the Republican-led panel of carrying out a politically motivated investigation targeting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton instead of the thorough and objective fact-finding mission it was set up to pursue.
Guatemala landslide death toll rises to 271
The death toll from a massive landslide that covered much of a small village in Guatemala has reached 271, the country's public ministry said Saturday.
Obama jokes: Kanye West running for speaker
President Obama gave some advice on running for president to Kanye West on Saturday while speaking at a DNC fundraiser in San Francisco where the rapper performed.
Iraq hints it would accept Russian support in ISIS fight
Russia "can complement the fight we have against ISIS," Iraq's ambassador to the United States says.
ISIS kills Iranian military commander in Syria, Iran says
A top Iranian military commander has been killed by ISIS in Syria, where he was advising the Syrian army in its fight against extremists, Iranian state media reported Friday.
Northern Arizona University shooting followed confrontation, police say
A confrontation between students in a parking lot at Northern Arizona University turned deadly early Friday when, police say, a freshman pulled a gun and shot four male students, killing one.
Syrian official says 'wide-scale offensive' launched
The Syrian regime, which had appeared earlier this year to be on the ropes, has "launched a wide-scale offensive," a senior military official said Thursday.
Doctors Without Borders: Kunduz strike an 'attack on the Geneva Conventions'
President Barack Obama has personally apologized. But he didn't go far enough, according to Doctors Without Borders, the aid group whose hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was hit by a deadly U.S. airstrike.
Putin celebrates 63rd birthday with ice hockey game and seven goals
Not the kind of guy to miss a flattering photo op, Russian President Vladimir Putin put his skates on for his 63rd birthday and took to the ice.
NATO says Russian ground troops in Syria, Turkey's airspace violated again
Russian involvement in the 4½-year-old Syrian civil war seems to be escalating, with NATO's secretary general confirming Tuesday a second incursion by Russian planes into Turkish airspace and saying Russian ground troops were in Syria as well.
