Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement on Sunday officially agreed to a new 72-hour cease-fire proposed by Egypt, which entered into effect at midnight local time. Israeli government sources said, in a terse communique, that "Israel responded positively to ...

FISHKHABOUR, Iraq — Burned by the sun, blistered with thirst and weak from exhaustion, thousands of Yazidis fled the mountain on which they had been trapped for a week on Sunday, streaming into Iraq's northern Kurdistan region after a harrowing escape ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Heavy rain at PGA Championship brought another round of player complaints about not being allowed to lift, clean and place their golf balls in soggy conditions. Play was halted for 1 hour, 51 minutes Sunday in the final round at ...

The Turkish Election Commission confirmed that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Sunday's presidential election with an absolute majority, thus clearing the way for him to become head of state without the need for a runoff. With 99 percent of the ...

U.S. investment and trade will spur employment—and that's essential to ending the poverty that helps spread the disease. Email; Print; Comments. Facebook. Share. 0. Twitter. Google+. LinkedIn. smaller; Larger. By. Amara Konneh. Aug. 10, 2014 6:31 p.m. ET.

Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey and Theo Walcott all take to social media to express their delight with Arsenal's FA Community Shield victory over Manchester City. #453439928 / gettyimages.com. Arsenal had gone nine years without winning a major trophy and ...

Israel may wish that Gaza's dire situation would push residents of the Strip to rise up against their Hamas rulers, but more than a month into Operation Protective Edge, there are very few indications of that happening. There have been sporadic reports of civil ...

CAIRO Aug 10 (Reuters) - Palestinian factions agreed on Sunday to a new 72-hour Gaza ceasefire, Egyptian state television reported, quoting a Palestinian source. Egypt is trying to keep indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks alive after a three-day truce expired on ...

Rep. Peter King (R- N.Y.) said Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press" that the United States should do "whatever we have to do" to stop the Islamic State, the militant group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. "ISIS is a direct threat to the ...

Nigeria has banned movement of dead bodies from within and outside the country as part of its measures to avoid the spread of the Ebola virus. Nigeria's Minister of State for Health Khaliru Al-Hassan declared Sunday that anybody who died should be buried ...

Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has not ruled out more signings to follow the capture of defender Thomas Vermaelen as the Catalan giants continue their summer rebuilding. Vermaelen completed his move to Barca on Sunday, signing a ...

Residents at Azadi township in west of Tehran were baffled as they heard an enormous explosion just next to their neighborhood Sunday morning. It took only a few seconds for them to realize that a plane crash was the main cause of the tremor they felt under ...

At least 38 people have been killed when an Iranian aircraft crashed in Tehran on Sunday morning. Initial reports had said that all 48 passengers and crew on board had died when the Sepahan Air passenger plane en route to the city of Tabas came down on ...

Turks began voting on Sunday with Tayyip Erdogan poised to become the country's first elected president, fulfilling his dream of what he calls a “new Turkey” and his opponents say will be an increasingly authoritarian nation. A victory for Erdogan would seal ...

A woman and a newborn baby take cover inside a bomb shelter in a maternity hospital during shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. DONETSK, Ukraine—Intensifying gunfire and explosions continued to rock ...

Video released by the Islamic State (IS) group has shown militants celebrating and raising the black IS flag over buildings and facilities in a number of key Iraqi locations under their control. The militants took control of Mosul in June, and captured a string of ...

Iranian Revolutionary Guards prevent the media from approaching the wreckage of a passenger plane crash near the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Photo: AP. Iranian state TV had previously reported that all 48 on board had died. mail · print.

Arsenal will take on Manchester City in the FA Community Shield at London's Wembley Stadium later today. Both teams are expected to line up strong teams and will be determined to win the clash. City manager Manuel Pellegrini is not expected to include ...

The Gaza truce talks in Cairo appear to be on the verge of collapse Sunday with Palestinians negotiators threatening to walk away unless Israeli negotiators return to the table. Israeli officials have said their negotiators, who left Egypt Friday, would only return ...

On August 9, 2014, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Brunei Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah on the sidelines of the series of Foreign Ministers' meetings on East Asia cooperation in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Wang Yi said that ...