WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its coalition partners targeted Islamic State in 26 air strikes in Saturday's round of daily attacks on the militant group in Iraq and Syria, the Command Joint Task Force said in a statement on Sunday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy carrying Nigeria's chief of army staff on a tour of towns in troubled Borno state, the army said early on Sunday.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday it was too early to talk of reopening the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, as Britain restored its diplomatic mission four years after protesters ransacked the British ambassador's residence.
U.S. airman Spencer Stone says he was awakened from a nap before springing into action and subduing a gunman on a high-speed train with two other Americans he was traveling with.
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Billionaire republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump took aim at Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton Sunday, contending she could be “very damaged” by an email scandal swirling around the former secretary of state. And amid reports that Vice President Joe Biden was actively exploring a run, Trump claimed that if Clinton could “get over” the controversy both […]
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday defended his immigration policies and unveiled a set of economic goodies for families ahead of general elections expected to be held in September. “Soon, I will be calling elections to ask for your mandate to take Singapore into this next phase of our nation-building,” Lee said […]
A zoo has released footage showing the moment an engendered Asian elephant gave birth to a calf.
"Straight Outta Compton" easily maintained its box-office lead with an estimated $26.8 million in ticket sales over a sleepy late summer weekend at the multiplexes.
Federal Bureau of Investigation officials will talk about violence in churches and other houses of worship during a presentation that follows the shootings at a church in Charleston.
The South Carolina Ports Authority is expecting a record year on the docks in the Charleston area.
Aug 23 (Reuters) - Wriddhiman Saha and Murali Vijay have been ruled out of the remainder on India's tour of Sri Lanka after suffering injuries in the second test, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Sunday.
As she lay on her back, hands covering her face trying to absorb the reality of again being a world champion, Jessica Ennis-Hill's thoughts turned to who might be watching.
Manchester United have tabled a £2m bid for Odds BK winger Rafik Zekhnini, according to reports.
LONDON (Reuters) - Australia secured a consolation victory in the final test by an innings and 46 runs on Sunday before England captain Alastair Cook lifted the Ashes urn at the end of a dramatic and fluctuating series.
LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Australia secured a consolation victory in the final test by an innings and 46 runs on Sunday before England captain Alastair Cook lifted the Ashes urn at the end of a dramatic and fluctuating series.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in her forties at V Festival.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in her forties at V Festival.
The planned imposition of additional taxes by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on balikbayan boxes being sent by Philippine nationals abroad to their loved ones back home has raised widespread condemnation from Filipino communities and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) abroad prompting Malacañang to call on the BOC to consider the mounting complaints. “We’re asking for […]
When smartphone competition heats up to which is faster and stronger, OPPO delivers a contender that is lovelier at first sight. Who does not want to be pretty, anyway. Enter grace and elegance.into the fierce fray, OPPO decides in releasing the Mirror 5. Sexy is back in the OPPO Mirror 5, and you can feel […]
Philippine handicrafts have come a long way from the days of sigay shell necklaces and ipil-ipil seed placemats of the 1950s. Though the years, Fiipiniana selections improved by leaps and bounds to become good enough to wear to state dinners, even to weddings. One woman is almost singlehandedly responsible for this success: Salud Tesoro. I […]
Hold your breath with Tom Cruise; go wild with Mad Men; or run for your life from Velociraptors, at your convenience, wherever you are. SM Lifestyle Entertainment Inc. (SMLEI) has recently partnered with Solar Entertainment Corporation for the majority ownership OMNI Digital Media Ventures, Inc., which operates Blink. BLINK is a video-on-demand technology that enables […]
CHICAGO — Jurors at a civil trial focused on the market value of Michael Jordan’s identity handed him a major win Friday, ordering a grocery-store chain to pay him $8.9 million for invoking his name in a steak ad without his permission.
DOUALA, Cameroon (Reuters) - A 26-year-old striker for Cameroonian second division football team Dynamo de Douala collapsed during a match and later died, the central African nation's professional football league said on Sunday.
