(CNN) -- Heavy fighting is being reported in an Iraqi town close to Syria as Kurdish fighters battle the radical Islamic State, according to a source within the Kurdish fighting force. The Islamic State, formerly the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, took control ...

(EW) -- If the Avengers are the New York Yankees of the Marvel universe — a collection of slick all-stars for whom victory is more or less a given — then the "Guardians of the Galaxy" are the "Bad News Bears." They're a motley crew of bickering, bumbling ...

(CNN) -- The current round of fighting between the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, in Gaza has been raging for over three weeks. Both sides have suffered casualties -- the numbers are much higher on the ...

(CNN) -- A doctor who was on the front lines fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has died from complications of the disease, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday. Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan fell ill early last week while overseeing Ebola treatment at ...

(CNN) -- Patrick Sawyer had one stop to make before heading home to Minnesota to celebrate his daughters' birthdays: a conference in Lagos, Nigeria. But when he landed in Lagos, Sawyer, 40, collapsed getting off the plane. He had been infected with ...

(CNN) -- A convoy of British diplomats made it safely into Tunisia from Libya despite an attack on its vehicles Sunday, British officials said. "There was an attempted carjacking of a British Embassy convoy this morning," UK Ambassador Michael Aron said in a ...

(CNN) -- An Air Algerie flight lost contact 50 minutes after takeoff from Burkina Faso, prompting a search for the missing airliner, Algeria's state news agency said Thursday. Flight AH 5017 left Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, for the Algerian capital of Algiers at ...

Gaza City (CNN) -- Now well into a third week of fighting between Israel and Hamas, the toll is clear -- and growing. It can be seen in the blocks of rubble that line Gaza neighborhoods, where the Israeli military has relentlessly bombed. It can also be found in ...

(CNN) -- Prince George isn't your average one year old. He started walking before he was one. Oh, and, he's going to be king -- of 16 countries. I had to remind myself occasionally of that latter fact as I stood outside the hospital in London where the he was ...

A new food scandal has erupted in China, threatening to tarnish the reputations of McDonald's and Yum Brands. An American-owned meat factory operating in China has been accused of selling out-of-date and tainted meat to clients including McDonald's ...

(CNN) -- Amid the chaos and the grief, the politics and the finger pointing, the charges and the countercharges, we are no closer to answering some key questions about the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The crash, which killed all 298 aboard, has ...

Hoylake, England (CNN) -- You can tell when Tiger Woods is stalking a major championship. The air gets thicker, the galleries larger and the bristle of excitement notably louder. Especially in this part of the world, because Liverpool's love affair with Woods ...

(CNN) -- Rory McIlroy led an assault by the world's best golfers on a toothless Hoylake Thursday to claim the early lead at the British Open with Tiger Woods also making a promising start to his first major of the season. Northern Ireland's McIlroy carded six ...

(CNN) -- Old habits die hard. When asked what would represent an acceptable finish at his first major for nearly a year Tiger Woods replied: "First. It's always the case." Such are the standards of a player who sits on 14 career majors, just four shy of the ...

(CNN) -- Iraqi lawmakers elected a Sunni politician as parliament speaker Tuesday, finally taking a step to form a new government after two weeks of deadlock while the country faces a powerful Islamist militant insurgency. Lawmakers elected Salim al-Jabouri ...

(CNN) -- Another year of Emmy Award nominations, another year of "They forgot who?!" Though the Emmys are commonly known as the arbiter of excellence in television, with so many good shows on the air right now, they inevitably also become the leader ...

Tokyo (CNN) -- Japan on Friday eased several of its sanctions on North Korea after the two countries made progress this week in talks about Japanese citizens kidnapped by the North Korean regime during the Cold War. The sanctions the Japanese ...

(CNN) -- Sherman Lee Criner is vacationing in a bull's eye. Emerald Island, North Carolina, is just west of where Hurricane Arthur came ashore late Thursday with 100 mph winds. The Category 2 storm made landfall at 11:15 p.m. between Cape Lookout and ...

Jerusalem (CNN) -- The body of a Palestinian teen slain in Jerusalem will be turned over to his family on Friday, the boy's father said. Hussain Abu Khedair said Thursday the family expects to be given the body of his son Mohammad after Friday prayers.

Jerusalem (CNN) -- The body of a Palestinian teen slain in Jerusalem will be turned over to his family on Friday, the boy's father said. Hussain Abu Khedair said Thursday the family expects to be given the body of his son Mohammad after Friday prayers.