UNITED NATIONS – The head of an independent commission on Syrian war crimes says commanders of the Islamic State extremist group are "good candidates" to be put on a confidential list of alleged perpetrators who should be brought to justice. Brazilian ...

ATLANTA (AP) -- Top-seeded defending champion John Isner and Jack Sock each rallied Friday in the Atlanta Open to set up an all-America semifinal between the practice partners. Isner beat Marinko Matosevic 7-6 (8), 6-4 in hot conditions, taking advantage ...

PARIS—French soldiers secured a black box from the Air Algerie wreckage site in a desolate region of restive northern Mali on Friday, the French president said. Terrorism hasn't been ruled out as a cause, although officials say the most likely reason for the ...

Palestinian supporters of Hamas take shelter while clashing with Israeli security forces on July 25, 2014 near Ramallah, West Bank. Andrew Burton—Getty Images. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has yet to successfully mediate a cease-fire. Palestinians ...

Tour de France Stage 19 is from Maubourguet Pays du Val d'Adour – Bergerac. It is as flat as Louisiana and a distance of 208 km. The only climb worth mentioning is a short 2 km stage 4 climb at 7.5% just before the finish. This is a stage for the sprinters to go ...

Federal Health Ministry says all those who came in contact with the man have been quarantined. ———————————. A Liberian man admitted to a hospital in Lagos on Tuesday after exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms has died. The man identified as Patrick ...

The US today expressed concern over the transfer of highly-sophisticated Russian weapons to Ukrainian separatists, after the Pentagon claimed that Moscow appears to be set to move more rockets across the border into Ukraine. "We are very concerned ...

Didier Drogba has re-signed for Chelsea on a one-year deal, but what makes him such a celebrated striker? 1 hour ago Reuters. 0 shares. Premier League - Didier Drogba: all you need to know about Chelsea' . View photo. Didier Drogba (Reuters) ...

Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson sat down with Today's Natalie Morales to talk more about shooting Fifty Shades of Grey. “I can see myself in her. I can see a lot of her in me,” said Johnson of her Anatasia Steele character. She went on to reveal that ...

Gaza/Jerusalem: Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday killed a top militant commander, two of his sons and a pregnant woman among others, taking the Palestinian toll to 832, as the 18-day conflict spread to the West Bank where largest anti-Israel ...

KIEV, Ukraine — Responding to strong advances by the Ukrainian military against separatist insurgents in the week since the downing of a passenger jet, Russia has stepped up its direct involvement in the hostilities in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian and ...

Didier Drogba will begin his second spell at Chelsea next season after agreeing a one-year deal with Jose Mourinho's side. The 36-year-old striker and Blues favourite returns to Stamford Bridge after leaving in 2012 for stints at Shanghai Shenhua and ...

A group of men sit in a Kamaz truck – one of those big Russian 4x4s that regularly wins the Dakar rally – speeding down a highway. Some of them sense that they are going the wrong way fast but nobody dares do anything. This graphic scenario is how the ...

A British man is confirmed as being among the victims of flight AH5107, as the first images from the disaster in Mali emerge. 5:10pm UK, Friday 25 July 2014. Images from the crashed plane in Mali. Video: The plane crash in southern Mali left no survivors.

Andreas Bouchalakis of Olympiakos scores against AC Milan in their friendly match at BMO Stadium in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday. Photo: John E. Sokolowski-USA Today. Greek champions Olympiakos defeated Italy's AC Milan 3-0 on Thursday in a ...

IT'S the first glimpse of Jamie Dornan as kinky billionaire Christian Grey - and it won't disappoint his legion of female fans. Also in this section. Just one day in and I'm a wreck · So Extra Terrestrial, that even the script was phoned home · I'm having a ball taking ...

The European Union said it'll work “swiftly” to hit Russian industries with sanctions as support grows for the package of trade restrictions outlined this week. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing her colleagues to sign off on the measures by the end of ...

An Israeli undercover policeman confronted a Palestinian with a handgun during clashes in East Jerusalem on Friday. Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. A Palestinian was arrested by Israeli officers during the skirmishes near the Old City.

For three Quebec families, Air Algérie Flight AH5017 was supposed to be an interlude in a summer of happy moments. Two brothers had left their Montreal suburb, returning to their native Burkina Faso to attend their parents' 50th wedding anniversary.

(Moments after a rocket scare in Terminal C of Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. Credit: Greg Barrett, Monday, July 21, 2014). TEL AVIV - At 11:50 on Monday morning a scrum of passengers jockeying to board United Airlines Flight 85 from Tel Aviv to Newark fell ...