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Islamic State commanders liable for mass war crimes: U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Islamic State commanders are liable for war crimes on a "massive scale" in northeast Syria where they spread terror by beheading, stoning and shooting civilians and captured fighters, U.N. investigators said on Friday. The experts told world powers to make…
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Troops clash with Muslim militants in Philippines, 15 dead
By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine troops clashed on Friday with Islamist militants on a remote southern island and 14 people were killed in the first major encounter since the army launched an offensive almost a month ago, military officials said. Militants from the Abu Sayyaf group…
ReutersIraqi government forces close to Baiji refinery: officers
By Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces got within a kilometer (half a mile) of the country's biggest refinery on Friday, the closest they have come to breaking an Islamic State siege of the facility during months of fighting, two army officers and a witness said. Fighting…
ReutersKrystal Hardy, new kind of principal: Can she turn around New Orleans school?
This story is the first in a year-long series following Krystal Hardy, a first-year principal trying to bring order and improve test scores at a struggling New Orleans charter school. The project is a partnership between the Monitor and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet…
Christian Science MonitorDefying Hindu moral police, Indian students hold 'kiss of love' protests
India may be the world's largest democracy, but a kiss can still land you in serious trouble.
Christian Science MonitorWhat is Vladimir Putin up to sending Russian bombers close to the US?
Russia’s announcement Wednesday that it plans to send long-range bombers to patrol the skies of America’s backyard over the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico may have sounded to many Americans like the stuff of the Cold War.
Christian Science MonitorFBI letter to Martin Luther King, riddled with abuse, urges suicide
The release of a newly discovered, uncensored 1964 letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., urging him, in graphic language, to kill himself, has experts on contemporary race relations pointing to a glass both half empty and half full.
Christian Science MonitorCoffee with a stranger?
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AdChoicesstrayerSponsoredIsraeli police up alert level after Arab protests
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police went on heightened alert Sunday following protests across the country over the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Arab Israeli who appeared in video footage to be retreating from police, as the prime minister vowed a tough response to any further unrest.
Associated Press10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
Associated PressObama says barring Suu Kyi from Myanmar presidency 'doesn't make much sense'
By Matt Spetalnick and Jared Ferrie YANGON (Reuters) - Standing next to Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that the law barring her from becoming president "doesn't make much sense". It was the clearest statement Obama has made on Suu Kyi's…
Reuters18 mins agoDisbelief, hope drive search for Mexican students
TIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Maria Telumbre knows fire. She spends her days making tortillas over hot coals, and experience tells her a small goat takes at least four hours to cook. So she doesn't believe the government's explanation that gang thugs incinerated her son and 42 other missing college…
Associated Press21 mins agoMexican police play havoc with president's security pledge
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Restoring order to a country torn apart by drug violence was Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's first promise when he took power two years ago, but corruption and police brutality have handed him the biggest crisis of his rule. Local police abducted 43…
Reuters22 mins agoOfficial: UN lifts judge's immunity in Kosovo case
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A senior international official in Kosovo says the United Nations has lifted an Italian judge's partial immunity to allow a probe into alleged corruption inside the European Union's police and justice mission in Kosovo.
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Canada's Chartrand leads Rostelecom Cup
MOSCOW (AP) — Canadian figure skater Alaine Chartrand leads after the women's short program at the Rostelecom Cup.
Associated Press27 mins agoParents of 43 missing students cling to hope
TIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Maria Telumbre knows fire. She spends her days making tortillas over hot coals, and experience tells her a small goat takes at least four hours to cook. So she refuses to believe the government's explanation that gang thugs incinerated her son and 42 other missing college…
Associated Press27 mins ago14 killed as Philippine troops battle militants
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops on Friday battled Abu Sayyaf militants blamed for the kidnappings of several foreigners and Filipinos in the restive south, leaving at least five soldiers and nine extremists dead, a military commander said.
Associated Press28 mins agoComet craft starts drilling; location still sought
BERLIN (AP) — A European probe has begun drilling into a comet to collect scientific data, but mission controllers said Friday that battery issues may make it impossible — at least for now — to access that information.
Associated Press30 mins agoIndia boss Srinivasan found guilty in fixing probe
NEW DELHI (AP) — Suspended Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narainswamy Srinivasan and three other officials are guilty of "misdemeanors" according to a panel investigating spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League, India's Supreme Court revealed on Friday.
Associated Press32 mins agoFrance: Big cat on the prowl is not a tiger
MONTEVRAIN, France (AP) — A big, wild cat eluding 200 police and military forces near Disneyland Paris is not a tiger, French authorities said Friday — but they don't know exactly what it is.
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Obama says 'Rohingya,' displeasing Myanmar hosts
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's minority Rohingya Muslims are among the most persecuted people on earth, and advocates of their cause were hoping President Barack Obama would not only press the issue during his visit this week — they were hoping he would simply say their name.
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