BEIRUT – Syrian activists and Kurdish officials say a German woman fighting alongside Kurdish militiamen has been killed in a…
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Activists: US-led coalition airstrikes hit al-Qaida-linked militants in northwestern Syria
BEIRUT – U.S.-led coalition warplanes targeted the local headquarters of al-Qaida-linked militants in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border on…
Read MoreUNESCO chief denounces destruction of ancient site in Nimrud, Iraq attributed to Islamic State
PARIS – The head of the U.N.’s cultural agency says the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage like that at an…
Read MoreAP Interview: Head of UN Women laments that not a single country has reached gender equality
UNITED NATIONS – The head of the U.N. agency promoting equality for women is lamenting that a girl born today…
Read MoreEU urges Russia not to enforce old natural gas contract with Ukraine
BRUSSELS – The European Union is concerned that Russia might want to enforce its old gas contract with Ukraine once…
Read MoreGerman man arrested at Duesseldorf airport on suspicion of membership in Islamic State group
BERLIN – Prosecutors say they have arrested a German suspected of being a member of the Islamic State group and…
Read MoreFrench president to make historic trip to Cuba amid improving ties
PARIS – President Francois Hollande will travel to Cuba in May in the first such trip by a French head…
Read MoreSecurity chief to former Haitian President Aristide is shot to death in capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The chief of presidential security under former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was shot to death Monday in…
Read MoreAustralia bans travel to Iraqi city of Mosul under new law to stem flow of foreign fighters
CANBERRA, Australia – The Iraqi city of Mosul, which is held by Islamic State movement fighters, has become the second…
Read MoreCuba, US to launch human rights dialogue in Washington Tuesday as normalization moves forward
HAVANA – Cuba and the United States will debate human rights at a meeting in Washington on Tuesday in another…
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