A five-day extension of a Gaza truce appeared to be holding despite a rocky start on Thursday, fanning cautious optimism of progress in the negotiations underway in Cairo between Israel and major Palestinian factions, including Hamas. It's the longest ...

Monrovia, Aug 14 (IANS/EFE) A doctor who led the fight against the Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone has died from the virus, several weeks after the death of another infected specialist with a key role in the effort to stop the spread of the disease in the ...

Displaced Yazidi people who fled Sinjar rest at a border crossing between Iraq and Syria. Photograph: Youssef Boudlal/Reuters. The US and Britain are stepping back from launching a risky military mission to rescue thousands of Iraqis stranded on Mount ...

With a theatrical flourish, Russia on Tuesday dispatched hundreds of trucks covered in white tarps and sprinkled with holy water on a mission to deliver aid to a desperate rebel-held zone in eastern Ukraine. (REUTERS photo) ...

Pope Francis arrives in South Korea for 5-day visit. Pope Francis is welcomed by schoolchildren upon his arrival at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea on Thursday, August 14. Pope Francis is looking to fuel a new era of Catholic growth in Asia - a ...

The marquees of Broadway's theatres were dimmed on Wednesday in memory of Robin Williams following the actor and comedian's suicide earlier this week. Charlotte St Martin of New York's Broadway League called him "a comedic genius with limitless ...

Civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack near a restaurant in the southeastern district of New Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. A string of attacks in and around the capital killed more than a dozen and wounded dozens. Civilians inspect the site ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire for five days, allowing the sides to continue to negotiate a substantive deal to end the war in Gaza. And one couple took advantage of the lull in fighting by getting married at Al-Shatea refugee ...

... • SAS sent in to Iraq as US troops land on Mount Sinjar • US Iraqi Mount Sinjar rescue mission 'far less likely' • US urges Iraqi PM to 'step aside' • Cameron pledges to 'get these people off that mountain' • Yazidis scramble to be evacuated by Iraqi helicopter ...

Susan Schneider, the third wife of the 63-year-old actor - who committed suicide on Monday (11.08.14) - is reportedly planning a ''very private'' funeral in the Bay Area, and family members, including his 31-year-old son Zak, have begun flying into town ahead ...

Michael Brown shooting protesters Tear gas and smoke bombs were utilized by the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson police on Wednesday. It is so as to disperse the protesters. There are some who threw Molotov cocktails along with other things to the officials.

Michael Brown shooting protesters Tear gas and smoke bombs were utilized by the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson police on Wednesday. It is so as to disperse the protesters. There are some who threw Molotov cocktails along with other things to the officials.

Rockets are fired into the sea as the Pope's plane flies into Seoul for the first papal visit to Asia this century. 8:53am UK, Thursday 14 August 2014. The pope arrives in Seoul. Pope Francis arrives in Seoul. Tweet ...

LONDON — The Kremlin's worst clash with the West since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union has accelerated the outflow of two of Russia's most prized assets: money and brains. Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea and support for rebels accused of ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Sri Lanka got off to a solid but cautious start in the second test against Pakistan, moving to 69-0 at lunch on the opening day Thursday. Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to bat on a Sinhalese Sports Club ...

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — A new ceasefire in Gaza will last five days, said senior Palestinian negotiator Azzam al-Ahmed yesterday after he and other officials initially spoke of another 72-hour lull. "It will last for five days," he said, adding more time was needed ...

image ISLAMABAD: Islamabad braced for political unrest Thursday as two opposition leaders vowed to defy a court order and march on the city for a major protest aimed at bringing down the government. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and populist ...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 14: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) In this handout image provided by the Committee for the 2014 Papal Visit to Korea, South Koreans cheer as motorcades with Pope Francis onboard goes by after arriving on August 14, 2014 in ...

Iraqi families displaced by the violence in their country receive aid from a Chaldean Catholic Church truck in Beirut. Picture: Mohamed Azakir. Washington/Edgartown, Massachusetts - A US mission to evacuate Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain by Sunni ...

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat in Mahela Jayawardene's farewell Test. ALSO SEE Live Scorecard. Teams: Live Score, 2nd Test: Solid start by Lankan openers. Openers Silva and Tharanga raised a half-century stand in 17 overs after Pakistan ...