Los Angeles TimesDoctors Without Borders has been ordered to cease activities in Myanmar, leaving tens of thousands of patients without medical care, the Nobel Prize-winning aid group said Friday. Doctors Without Borders did not give…
New York TimesBANGKOK — In what appeared to be a major retreat by the movement to overthrow the Thai government, antigovernment protesters on Friday said they were abandoning their campaign to shut down Bangkok and…
STLtoday.com1 hour ago • THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Loading… ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say a woman in a Waffle House uniform accused of pretending to be a company manager and stealing about $100 later returned…
Centre Daily TimesATLANTA — Atlanta police say a woman in a Waffle House uniform accused of pretending to be a company manager and stealing about $100 later returned to the restaurant to give the cash…
San Jose Mercury NewsOAKLAND — A bizarre yearlong federal case involving a San Jose man convicted in a doomed FBI-infiltrated plot to blow up an Oakland bank came to a quiet end Thursday with the…
Fox NewsLOS ANGELES – A dispatcher at Los Angeles International Airport couldn’t immediately send police to a shooting last year because the emergency phone system didn’t provide a location, according to an investigation that also…
DC orders insurers to cover sex-change surgeryCentre Daily TimesWASHINGTON — Insurance companies in the District of Columbia have been ordered to stop denying coverage to transgender residents seeking gender-reassignment surgery. Mayor Vincent Gray says the…
USA TODAYMike Trout finally landed the record-setting deal everyone has been breathlessly awaiting Wednesday morning, assuring he will remain property of the Los Angeles Angels through 2020. He signed a one-year, $1million contract. OK, sure,…
USA TODAYBEIRUT, Lebanon — Forces of the terrorist group Hezbollah say they are winning battles to defeat a three-year rebellion against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad by pouring fighters into remote regions where the Sunni Muslim…
Daily TimesCARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sought to hold a “peace conference” on Wednesday in an attempt to end three weeks of at times deadly anti-government protests in the oil-rich but deeply divided country. But…
CBC.caA close friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman is establishing a new theatre prize in memory of the late actor, funded by a legal settlement with The National Enquirer. David Katz has set up the American…
Times of IndiaANKARA: A chief prosecutor’s office on Tuesday initiated an investigation into audio recordings purportedly of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordering his son to dispose of vast amounts of cash amid a…
Longmont Daily Times-CallBroncos head coach John Fox, left, speaks as Vice President John Elway, right, listens during an end-of- season news conference at the NFL football team’s headquarters in Englewood on Feb. 4. Both are…
New York TimesTRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s long-delayed efforts to draft a new Constitution hit another obstacle on Thursday when elections for a 60-member constitutional drafting committee fell well short of expectations, with a low turnout…
New York TimesKIEV, Ukraine — Ending an occupation of City Hall here that began in December, Ukrainian protesters cemented an amnesty deal with the authorities on Sunday amid signs that both sides in a volatile…
Irish IndependentLebanon’s prime minister has formed a cabinet more than 10 months after taking office, taking in a wide range of political groups after bridging serious divisions among them, mostly over Syria’s civil war.Lebanon gets…
Voice of AmericaVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro responded Saturday to ongoing opposition protests with a counter-demonstration by thousands of his supporters. President Maduro used the pro-government rally in Caracas to denounce opposition leader Leopoldo …Pro and…
The AlmagestIn a new study researchers have found the Rasberry crazy ants can also fight off its bitter rival, the fierce-stinging fire ants even though the poison of these are thrice more toxic than DDT….
The Utah People’s PostThe researchers have brought to us one the most interesting war coming from ages and i.e. the ant war. Crazy ants and fire ants, the two species of ant, have been known…
Daily TimesNEW DELHI: Delhi’s firebrand Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced his resignation on Friday to protest the blocking of an anti-corruption bill, fewer than 50 days after taking power in the Indian capital. “My cabinet…
The Star-LedgerBOUND BROOK — Everything was not coming up roses today for florists around the Garden State, who found themselves scrambling to make deliveries in time for Valentines Day. And there’s a lot at stake…
Wall Street JournalItalian Prime Minister Enrico Letta during a news conference at Palazzo Cighi on Feb. 12. ANSA/Zuma Press. ROME—Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced plans to resign, clearing the way for the ascent of…
Wall Street JournalIf Matteo Renzi becomes Italy’s new prime minister, he will lead the country’s 62nd government since World War II and the fourth in little more than two years. If he were to survive…
The News InternationalISLAMABAD: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Tuesday cleared the confusion over its next step after the withdrawal of two members of the five-member Pakistani politicians’ negotiation team announced by it. “The TTP reposed…
Daily TimesPESHAWAR: Nine people were killed and around 50 injured when a suicide bomber targeted a hotel where guests – mostly Shias from Parachinar town of Upper Kurram – were staying, police and hospital officials…
TMZ.comKaty Perry tipped a girl and she liked it — then she tipped more — dropping STACKS on hot strippers after the Super Bowl Sunday night … and to make it even more awesome, her…
The News InternationalKABUL: Candidates for Afghanistan’s April 5 presidential election officially launched their campaigns Sunday with a series of rallies held in Kabul, but it remains to be seen whether the next president will have…
Jerusalem Post‘Women in Green’ gather in front of Netanyahu’s residence to implore him to maintain total sovereignty over disputed territories. Prof. Arieh Eldad speaking to Women in Green Photo: Courtesy. Incensed that portions of the…
The Seattle TimesThe April 5 vote is expected to be a historic moment for Afghanistan, its outcome seen as make-or-break for the country’s future and key to the level of foreign involvement after nearly 13…
BBC NewsA prominent Ukrainian opposition activist who disappeared more than a week ago says he was abducted and tortured. Dmytro Bulatov is the leader of opposition movement Automaidan that organises protest convoys. He says he…
CBS LocalThis is no commentary on New York City, which is better equipped than any on Earth to host this game, nor on New Jersey, which is unfairly dismissed as the defacto home of the…
The Standard Digital NewsThe Government of South Sudan and rebels led by former Vice-President Riek Machar have pledged to stop fighting. The ceasefire agreement, which was signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday will also…
Al-BawabaIran wants all foreign fighters to leave Syria, according to the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif. Zarif, speaking at an Al Arabiya panel held in cooperation with the World Economic Forum in…
Wall Street JournalTurkey’s central bank opted for a back-door interest-rate increase that puzzled investors and left the already weak lira plunging. Policy makers in Ankara kept all existing official interest rates steady following a monthly…
BBC NewsClashes are continuing between police and anti-government protesters in the Ukrainian capital Kiev – prompting the president to warn that the violence is a threat to the whole country. A burnt-out line of buses…
SkySportsPatrick Reed held firm to seal his second PGA Tour title after triumphing in the Humana Challenge by two shots in California. The Texan came into the final day on the back of three consecutive…
CNN(CNN) — The best chocolate cake I ever ate in Kabul was tucked away on a discreet corner near the city’s diplomatic area. Kamal Hamade, the well-known and loved Lebanese owner of Taverna du Liban,…
CNN(CNN) — The best chocolate cake I ever ate in Kabul was tucked away on a discreet corner near the city’s diplomatic area. Kamal Hamade, the well-known and loved Lebanese owner of Taverna du Liban,…
Boston HeraldTom Brady and Peyton Manning are clearly, and rightfully, the focal points of today’s AFC Championship Game in Denver. But there are many other subplots that will factor into who emerges as the conference’s…
ReutersBANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military chief urged both sides in the country’s prolonged political crisis to settle their differences, with signs that opposition protests against the government could be running out of steam. Anti-government firebrand…
