Iran and U.S. cooperating on ISIS fight? Not as far-fetched as it seems
Iraqi President Fuad Masum was asked whether it was U.S. airstrikes, with Iraqi fighters and Iranian militiamen, that helped liberate the town of Amerli. He confirmed that it was.
Amid Haiti election dispute, ex-President Aristide under house arrest
There is a great degree of suspiciousness about how announced legislative elections for October 26 will be carried out.
War talk re Syria ratchets up
But it is spurring worries of another misguided U.S. military undertaking, escalating war and chaos, with the people of the region bearing the brunt.
Ukraine: Cracks appear in Kiev coalition
Troops of the government of President Victor Poroshenko push closer to Lubansk and Donetsk, and casualties rise in disaffected Eastern Ukraine.
German sour pickles: Gauck, militarism, and Gaza
When politicians vacation and little action is expected, the words German journalists use for this is "Saure-Gurken-Zeit" or "sour pickle time."
U.S. covert operation against Cuban youth condemned
USAID hired young people from Peru, Costa Rica, and Venezuela to pose as tourists in Cuba to befriend young Cubans and try to convert them into anti-government activists.
Fighting intensifies in Eastern Ukraine as Kiev acts against Communist Party
The crisis in Eastern Ukraine is coming to a head, with intensified fighting and mounting casualties, including many civilians.
Judicial finding in Chile says U.S. complicit in death of young Americans
A U.S. military officer practically delivered the two young Americans, Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, to the military dictatorship of Pinochet, who had both of them executed.
Ukraine itself burns in wake of airliner shoot-down
People with their own agendas push their versions of who is to blame, there is a shooting war between military forces and local militias, and half a million refugees have crossed into Russia.
World calls for Ukraine cease fire after plane crash
Strong words came amid contrasting images of emergency workers and off-duty coal miners across sunflower fields searching for charred pieces of wreckage from the Boeing 777.
