China's economy grew at its slowest pace in six years last quarter, according to data released Wednesday, raising fresh concerns over th...
الثلاثاء، 14 أبريل 2015
US Senate Panel Approves Legislation on Nuclear Deal With Iran
A U.S. Senate panel has approved legislation that would give Congress a right to vote on a possible deal with Iran aimed at preventing Tehra...
US Dismisses Disagreement With Seoul on N Korea Nuclear Threat
The U.S. has dismissed media reports that Washington and Seoul have different assessments of Pyongyang’s nuclear ability to miniaturize a nu...
Obama Cites Progress in Islamic State Fight in Talks With Iraqi PM
Months after he ordered airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq, President Barack Obama says progress is being made, wit...
Post Executive: Iran Denying Jailed Reporter Legal Counsel
The Washington Post's executive editor said Tuesday that the newspaper's Iranian correspondent, jailed in Tehran on unspecified char...
Militant Attacks on the Rise in Central Mali
Armed groups in Mali are carrying out a growing number of attacks, and that violence is taking place closer to the capital, according to a H...
IMF Outlook: Rich Nations to Grow Faster in 2015
The International Monetary Fund says the global economy will grow a tiny bit faster in 2015. Growth in emerging nations will slow down, it s...
Americans Struggle to Get Families Out Amid Yemen Conflict
Foreigners in Yemen are scrambling to get out, as clashes between government forces and the Houthi militia intensify, and a Saudi Arabia-led...
Ukrainian Troops Killed Despite Renewed Commitment to Cease-fire Deal
Ukraine's military says more of its soldiers have been killed in the past two days by mortar and rocket fire from Russian-backed separat...
Annual Los Angeles River Cleanup Highlights Scarce Resource: Water
The annual cleanup of the Los Angeles River by thousands of volunteers has a special meaning this year because of California's continuin...
Advocates Rally for Gender Pay Parity, New Legislation
In 1963, Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, but more than 50 years later, gender pay inequality still continues. On Tuesday, Equal Pay Day, ...
Mumbai Baker Has Success With Macaroons With Indian Twist
The French delicacies known as macaroons - sweet, creamy, delicious - are almost impossible to resist. Indian chef and business owner Pooja ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan Seek to Increase Bilateral Trade
Officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan held talks Tuesday on an agreement that would boost bilateral commerce and lower the cost of trading...
400 Migrants Die in Mediterranean Shipwreck, Aid Group Says
A children's aid group said Tuesday that about 400 migrants had died in a shipwreck while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The Ita...
European Agency: Military Jets Putting Civilian Aircraft at Risk
Military jets that fly over Europe without identifying themselves pose a high risk to civilian aircraft, aviation safety officials said in a...
April 14, 2015
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US Officials: IS Militants Losing Territory After Strikes
U.S. military officials say Islamic State militants have lost more than one-quarter of the territory they had gained in their campaign to cr...
Sectarian Tensions Rise as Iraq Takes Fight Against IS Into Sunni Heartland
Iraqi government forces are trying to push out Islamic State (IS) fighters from the vast Sunni heartland of Anbar province. They likely will...
Iraq Takes IS Fight Into Sunni Heartland Amid Rising Tensions
Iraqi government forces are battling to expel Islamic State fighters from the vast Sunni heartland of Anbar province. They will likely have ...
A Look Back at the Chibok Kidnapping
It has been a year since Boko Haram took 276 schoolgirls from their dormitory in northeast Nigeria. The Chibok kidnapping was an audacious, ...
UNSC Backs Yemen Arms Embargo
The United Nations Security Council has approved an arms embargo on the leaders of Yemen's Shi'ite Houthi rebels and demanded the gr...
One Year Later, Korean Ferry Victims' Families Want Ship Raised
This week, South Korea marks the one-year anniversary of one of the country’s deadliest maritime accidents. Hundreds of passengers onboard t...
International Tribunal for Lebanon to Try Journalists for Leaks
Journalists covering an international investigation into the assassination of Lebanon’s ex-prime minister, Rafik Hariri, will find themselve...
Lebanese Tribunal Puts Journalists on Trial
A Lebanese journalist and her television station go on trial Thursday in The Hague for allegedly interfering with the work of the UN Special...
UN Asks Kenya to Rethink Closure of Somali Refugee Camp
The United Nations refugee agency urged Kenya on Tuesday to reconsider an order to close the teeming Dadaab refugee camp, saying it would no...
WTO Cuts World Trade Growth Forecasts for 2015, 2016
Global goods trade will grow by 3.3 percent this year and by 4.0 percent in 2016, less than previously forecast, mainly due to sluggish econ...
Don't Underestimate NATO, German Minister Says on Baltic Visit
Germany's defense minister said on Tuesday that nobody should underestimate NATO's rapid response capacity, which has been ratcheted...
Over 7,000 Migrants Rescued Off Italy Since Friday, EU Says
The European Union says that more than 7,000 migrants have been plucked from the Mediterranean since Friday as an unprecedented wave of peop...
Clinton Kicks Off 2016 Presidential Bid in Iowa
Seven years after her failed campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton returned to the midwestern U.S. state of I...
Report: Boko Harm Abducts Thousands
It’s been a year since Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls from the town of Chibok. The incident brought interna...
Six Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Clashes With Rebels
Ukraine's defense minister said six soldiers have been killed in clashes with Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. Andriy Lysenko to...
Russian Missile Deliveries to Iran Could Begin in Late 2015
A senior Iranian official said Tuesday that Russia could begin delivering sophisticated S-300 air defense systems to Iran by the end of this...
Explosion, Gunfire at Somalia's Education Ministry
Suspected Islamist militants attacked the Higher Education Ministry building in the Somali capital on Tuesday, setting off two big blasts be...
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