Report: One Killed in Attack on KFC in Town Near Cairo

One person was killed in an attack on a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in a town north of Cairo early on Thursday, Egypt's state news...

Death Toll in Taiwan Plane Crash Climbs to 31

The death toll from the crash of a passenger plane in Taiwan rose to 31 Thursday, as search and rescue operations continued for 12 people st...

Freed Journalist Greste Wants to Continue Career

Australian journalist Peter Greste said he wants to remain a foreign news correspondent, even after spending 400 days in an Egyptian jail on...

California Measles Outbreak Roils Vaccination Dispute

A measles outbreak in California has now spread to 14 U.S. states and is growing; it has sickened more than 100 people. Health officials say...

US Parents, Businesses at Odds Over Paid Leave

President Obama wants American businesses and the federal government to begin offering paid sick leave and paid parental leave to all worker...

FCC Chairman: Regulate Internet Like Public Utility

The head of the U.S. Federal Communication Commission called Wednesday for the government to regulate the Internet like a public utility to ...

'Musician of the Syrian Revolution' Debuts at Carnegie Hall

A few days after Syrian-American pianist and composer Malek Jandali performed his song, "Watani Ana" ("I Am My Homeland"...

'Musician of the Syrian Revolution' Debuts at Carnegie Hall

Malek Jandali, an acclaimed pianist and composer who grew up in Syria and lives in New York, debuted some of his newest works at Carnegie Ha...

9/11 Plotter Says Saudi Royal Family Funded al-Qaida

A former al-Qaida member who helped plot the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States has testified that the Saudi royal f...

Islamic State’s Extreme Violence: Analysts say Expect More

The fight between the extremist group Islamic State, and the Western/Arab coalition battling to defeat it has become a public showdown of ho...

Ivory Coast Government Denounces Mob Justice Over Child Killings

Ivory Coast's government on Wednesday appealed to people to refrain from mob justice after a spate of kidnappings and ritual killings of...

Recently-Freed Yazidis Agonize Over Loved Ones Still Captives of Islamic State

Islamic State militants in northern Iraq two weeks ago freed some 200 members of the Yazidi ethnic-religious sect captured during their offe...

Gabon Lifts Ban on Main Opposition Party

Gabon lifted a ban on the main opposition party, the Union Nationale, the interior ministry said Wednesday, enabling it to put forward a can...

Obama Defense Nominee Favors Lethal Military Aid for Ukraine

President Barack Obama’s pick to be America’s next secretary of defense says he favors sending U.S. military aid to Ukraine and speeding arm...

Apparent Killing in IS Video Called Un-Islamic, Barbarous

The Jordanian government executed two militants Wednesday, responding to an Islamic State video showing the apparent gruesome killing of a J...

New Material Promises Faster Computer Chips

Scientists from University of Texas said this week that they had created what was previously possible only in theory: a one-atom-thick form ...

Two Cuban Baseball Players Defect in Puerto Rico

Two Cuban baseball players defected in Puerto Rico, where a squad from their country is playing in the Caribbean Series against four other L...

[Robot Scientist Helps Design New Drugs

This video shows Eve, the robot scientist. Robot Scientist. The voice in the sound track is Ross King, who heads the robotics team that deve...

China's E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Tests Drone Deliveries

Chinese Internet-based retail giant Alibaba has taken the lead in using flying drones for delivery of goods. According to the company’s blog...

Study: $34 Smartphone Device Could Improve HIV Diagnosis

A $34 device that plugs into the audio jack of a smartphone was nearly as effective as far more costly diagnostic blood testing equipment in...

Gunmen Kill 12 in Raid on Remote Libyan Oilfield

Gunmen killed 12 people, including two Filipino and two Ghanaian nationals, after storming a remote Libyan oilfield, a Libyan official said ...

Obama: Immigration Opponents Fail to Consider Consequences of Deportations

President Barack Obama says opponents of his efforts to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from being deported fail to consider the...

Russia's Nuclear Strategy Raises Concerns in NATO

Concern is growing in NATO over Russia's nuclear strategy and indications that Russian military planners may be lowering the threshold f...

Italian Police Seize Stolen Artifacts, Private Museum

Italian police have seized more than 2,000 ancient artifacts in a nationwide sweep aimed at dismantling a criminal gang that was operating t...

Dramatic Surge іn Kosovars Crossing Illegally Into EU

The European Union is experiencing a steep rise in the number of Kosovo citizens smuggling themselves into the affluent bloc, with 10,000 fi...

Republican Presidential Contenders Spark Vaccine Debate

Presumptive Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie and Rand Paul have sparked a political furor over comments that parents should...

Feverish Debate Over Vaccination Policy Continues

The feverish debate over American vaccination policy – sparked by a measles outbreak in December and fanned this week by potential Republica...

February 4, 2015

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Japan Divided Over Future Role Following IS Executions

Japan’s role on the world stage has been brought into sharp focus by the executions of two Japanese nationals by the Islamic State terror gr...

Taiwan Plane Crash

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WHO: Ebola Cases on Rise for First Time This Year

The number of new weekly Ebola cases rose for first time in 2015 in all three of the hard-hit countries of West Africa, the World Health Org...

Pentagon Nominee Vows to Resolve Jordan Arms Sales Delays

President Barack Obama's nominee for defense secretary Ashton Carter on Wednesday vowed to cut through "red tape" slowing U.S....

New Camera Records Invisible Motion

The world around us is in constant motion, even objects that seem to be perfectly still. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...

IS Brutality in Burning Death Raises Arab Ire

The gruesome killing of captive Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh at the hands of Islamic State militants appears to be galvanizing Arab pu...

No Major Breakthrough in South Sudan Peace Deal

The leaders of South Sudan’s warring factions signed a peace deal on February 1, in the latest attempt to end a conflict that has raged for ...

Study: Unwanted Pregnancies Can be Avoided

A new study says the vast majority of unwanted pregnancies every year could be avoided if women had access to modern contraception. The find...

India Eyes US Aircraft Carrier Technology as Arms Ties Deepen

India wants to use state-of-the-art U.S. technology to boost the range and potency of a planned aircraft carrier, defense sources said, in a...

Egyptian Activist Sentenced to Jail for Life

An Egyptian court sentenced prominent activist Ahmed Douma to life in prison on Wednesday, judicial sources said, part of a sustained crackd...

Jordanians Mourn Death of Pilot Amid Rage and Sorrow

Jordanians mourned the death of pilot Mo'ath Kasasbah in mosques across the country, amid widespread sorrow and indignation. Crowds chan...

Petrobras Management Quits, Race on to Find Replacements

The chief executive and other senior management at Brazil's Petrobras resigned on Wednesday amid a festering corruption scandal, unleash...

Iraq, Syria Christians in US Pray for End to Conflicts at Home

The fighting in Iraq and Syria is impacting not only refugees ,but people in the United States who are deeply connected with the region. Chr...

Boston's Super Bowl Parade to Draw Hearty Fans Despite Snow Piles

Despite a pair of record-setting snowstorms, die-hard New England Patriots fans are expected to hit the streets of Boston on Wednesday to ce...

Chad Says Forces Kill 200 Boko Haram in Nigeria

The Chadian government said its forces killed more than 200 Boko Haram militants in fighting along the Cameroon-Nigeria border on Tuesday. T...

Officials: 3 S. Sudanese Held After UN Plane Lands in Rebel Area

A South Sudanese civil servant and two other people travelling from a government-controlled area aboard a U.N. World Food Program helicopter...

Obama's Pentagon Nominee to Brave Senate Confirmation Grilling

President Barack Obama's pick for defense secretary is poised to tell Republicans in Congress on Wednesday he might eventually consider ...

Muslim Clerics Denounce Jordanian Pilot's Execution

Muslim clerics widely condemned the burning to death of a Jordanian pilot by Islamic State, saying such a form of killing was considered des...

EU Backs Call for Truce in E. Ukrainian Town

The EU's foreign policy chief threw her support on Wednesday behind a call for a temporary truce in the eastern Ukrainian town of Debalt...

Russia's Slow Struggle to Innovate Hampered by Economy, Politics

For years, Russian economists have been emphasizing the need to diversify Russia's energy export economy to better absorb shocks such as...

Greece Has Started Debt-swap Talks with IMF

Greece has started negotiations with the International Monetary Fund over a plan to swap its sovereign debt for growth-linked bonds, Finance...

Sri Lankan President Calls for Reconciliation

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena pledged Wednesday to pursue national reconciliation in a country still divided by a decades-long c...