Kerry: Syria conflict the worst since World War II

Triple bombing killing dozens as peace talks flounder underscores grim prospects for the future of a conflict that's already killed 250,000

• Jan 31, 2016

Novak Djokovic wins his sixth Australian Open

Serbian tennis star needed just three sets to win his fourth Grand Slam title out of the last five; Andy Murray loses fifth final

• Jan 31, 2016

Report: Inflammatory German migrant rape story "made up"

Allegedly fabricated tale of Russian-German girl in Berlin sexually assaulted by "Middle Eastern" men had riled both German right wing and Moscow

• Jan 31, 2016

Iraqi soccer team giving country hope amid ISIS chaos

Overtime win over Qatar sends the Lions of Mesopotamia to Olympics, and thousands into streets to let off celebratory gunfire

• Jan 31, 2016

Elephant poachers kill British pilot in Tanzania

Officials say Roger Gower was shot down flying a helicopter in an anti-poaching mission for Tanzanian wildlife authorities

• Jan 31, 2016

Latest Boko Haram massacres mark sad new low for group

Nigeria's gruesome extremists attacked poor villages filled with women and children with firebombs and female suicide bombers

• Jan 31, 2016

Is Putin giving Turkey the cold shoulder?

Turkey's Erdogan says Russian leader isn't responding to his calls amid growing tensions after alleging another Russian jet violated their airspace

• Jan 31, 2016

Secretive operation nets dozens of cartel members

Town of Lukeville, Arizona, home base for large joint U.S.-Mexico operation south of border in Sonoyta, Mexico, targeting El Chapo's cartel

• Jan 31, 2016

Zika virus infects more than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women

Virus linked to birth defect which causes babies to have small heads and underdeveloped brains and rare, sometimes paralyzing illness

• Jan 30, 2016

Turkey says another Russian jet violated its airspace

Incident comes just two months after Turkey shot down Russian jet for crossing into its terrority

• Jan 30, 2016

Syria's main opposition heads to Geneva, but outcome of peace talks remains tenuous

Main opposition delegation vows not to participate in U.N.-sponsored negotiations unless their demands are met

• Jan 30, 2016

Little boy among dozens of drowned migrants off Turkish coast

More than 250 have drowned already this month trying to reach one of Greece's offshore islands; at least 5 children among the latest to perish

• Jan 30, 2016

U.S. warship sails near disputed island in South China Sea

U.S. destroyer maneuvers within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island without notifying three claimants to the surrounding seas; China condemns action

• Jan 30, 2016

​Serena Williams loses Australian Open in stunning upset

American star, who fell to 7th-seeded German Angelique Kerber, says, "As much as I would like to be a robot, I'm not"

• Jan 30, 2016

Sign of hope after stumbling start at Syria peace talks

Indirect peace talks aiming to resolve Syria's five-year conflict began with notable absence in Geneva

• Jan 29, 2016

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