The Islamic State has targeted key energy infrastructure in Iraq, including Mosul Dam, which was recaptured yesterday by Kurdish and Iraqi forces backed by US airstrikes. By Lydia Tomkiw, Staff writer August 19, 2014. close. A man stands on the banks of the ...

The Islamic State has targeted key energy infrastructure in Iraq, including Mosul Dam, which was recaptured yesterday by Kurdish and Iraqi forces backed by US airstrikes. By Lydia Tomkiw, Staff writer August 19, 2014. close. A man stands on the banks of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift is saying goodbye to country music, for now: The singer says she's releasing her first full-length pop album on Oct. 27. The 24-year-old revealed in a livestream via Yahoo! on Monday that "1989," named for her birth year, is her ...

Investors looking for details on BHP Billiton's mega "demerger" were left scrambling Tuesday as the company's website crashed. The announcement of the split and annual earnings came 45 minutes later than markets expected, and could still not be viewed ...

Liberia's information minister said on Tuesday that all of the suspected Ebola patients who fled quarantine centers this past weekend have been located. “We are glad to confirm that all of the 17 individuals have been accounted for and have now been ...

Kurdish and Iraqi forces regained control of the largest part of the strategic Mosul Dam and appeared to have beaten back much of the Islamic State. What's next for this coalition? Truman National Security fellow Mike Lyons joins Simon Constable on the ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli military began targeting sites in Gaza after rockets were fired from the coastal strip on the southern Israeli city of Beersheba in violation of a cease-fire extension. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly also ...

Hollywood star Vin Diesel has challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to pour a bucket of ice cubes over his head, as part of a global action to raise awareness for a degenerative motor neuron disease.

KIEV, August 19./ITAR-TASS/. Russia remained the largest market for Ukrainian goods in the first six months of 2014, according to a report released by Ukraine's State Statistics Committee on Tuesday. The report shows that Kiev reduced exports to Russia by ...

When the National Guard arrived in Oxford, Miss., in Little Rock, in Detroit, Los Angeles and New Orleans, its presence and the message that traveled with it was instantly clear. “Whether it was the Vietnam riots, the civil rights era, it made an impression when ...

BARCELONA Aug 19 (Reuters) - Controversial striker Luis Suarez said he was "very depressed" after the World Cup biting incident that led to the Uruguay international being initially banned from all soccer activities for four months. Suarez can now train with ...

JERUSALEM — Rockets fired from Gaza landed in Israel Tuesday afternoon, breaking a five-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas militants hours before it was set to expire, the Israeli military said. The Israel Defense Force said the rockets landed in open ...

The Islamic State (IS), formerly known as ISIL/ISIS, has denounced what it calls the Kurdish-Crusader alliance in an English language version of their statement on the recent conflicts with Iraqi security forces and soldiers of the Kurdish peshmerga. A post on ...

Melbourne - BHP Billiton announced what's poised to be the biggest spinoff in the mining industry, separating aluminum, coal and silver assets to create a company valued at about $15 billion (R159 billion) after it begins trading next year. The new unit, to be ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The situation in Ferguson, Missouri, has gone back and forth like an accordion. After protests erupted over the shooting death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of an undisclosed police officer and various days and ...

United Nations, Aug 19 (IANS/WAM) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has renewed the world body's commitment to life-saving relief efforts, and called for honouring the "heroic aid workers", who rush bravely to help people in need, and those who died ...

The Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) is planning to organize humanitarian aid for eastern Ukraine, which is why the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is sending its Head of Operations for Europe and Central Asia Laurent Corbaz to Kyiv ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices barely rose in July as declining energy costs partially offset increases in food and rents, which could give the Federal Reserve ammunition to keep interest rates low for a while. The Labor Department said on ...

India has cancelled foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan that were scheduled for next week, after New Delhi reacted angrily to a meeting between Pakistan's high commissioner and Kashmiri separatists in the Indian capital. PHOTOS. India's newly ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Aligning Luis Suarez with Lionel Messi and Neymar to spear Barcelona's attack looks like a winning formula, if the three can set aside their problems and possible distractions. The club has turned to former midfielder Luis Enrique, ...