Dozens killed in wave of Egypt attacks

ISIS branch in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula claims responsibility for attack on soldiers just 2 days after assassination of country's top prosecutor

• Jul 1, 2015

Man linked to Boko Haram abduction of schoolgirls arrested

Officials say Nigerian businessman headed a "terrorists' intelligence cell" for the Islamic extremists while infiltrating a self-defense group

• Jun 30, 2015

U.S. defeats Germany 2-0 in Women's World Cup semifinal

Goals just minutes apart put the American women into the World Cup final as they seek their first title since 1999

• Jul 1, 2015

Greek drama: Will people survive financial crisis?

Greek investment banker warns of dire consequences if country defaults: "Poverty, social unrest, people on the streets and a lot of uncertainty"

• Jun 30, 2015

U.S. and Cuba to announce agreement to open embassies

After a half-century stalemate, the two countries plan on reestablishing embassies in Havana and Washington

• Jul 1, 2015

ISIS beheads two women for sorcery, activists say

Terror group has beheaded female Kurdish fighters before; but believed to be first time civilian woman executed

• Jun 30, 2015

France beheading suspect charged

Yassin Salhi is suspected of beheading his boss at a French gas factory on Friday

• Jun 30, 2015

Egyptian president vows "swift justice" after car bomb attack

El-Sissi's comments at funeral of country's chief prosecutor raise the prospect of an even tougher campaign against opponents

• Jun 30, 2015

ISIS stages surprise attack on key Syrian border town

Activists say fierce gunbattles raged in town recently taken over by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces

• Jun 30, 2015

Iran nuclear talk deadline extended to July 7

Iranian diplomats return to Vienna with promise they have a mandate to finish the deal, despite differences

• Jun 30, 2015

Tunisia beach gunman trained with museum attackers, official says

Gunman who killed 38 tourists allegedly trained in Libya with men who carried out deadly Bardo museum attack in Tunis in March

• Jun 30, 2015

Chinese student to be prosecuted in China for US killing

Police said Li Xiangnan was a person of interest in his girlfriend's slaying in Iowa, but returned to China before he could be questioned

• Jun 30, 2015

Cuba, U.S. on Pope's fall itinerary

Pontiff will visit a Philly jail, become the first to address Congress, and host an interfaith gathering at Ground Zero, among his many stops

• Jun 30, 2015

Liberia, recently declared Ebola-free, gets another case

Teen's corpse tests positive in remote region, forcing quarantine of entire community; disease stubbornly lingers in Guinea and Sierra Leone

• Jun 30, 2015

2 U.S. soldiers injured in deadly car bomb attack in Kabul

Taliban claims responsibility for suicide car bomb attack less than half a mile from the American Embassy

• Jun 30, 2015

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