Obama plans to send more troops into Iraq

Plan taking shape at White House aimed at getting Iraqi forces trained more quickly in Anbar province, where ISIS has made recent, unnerving gains

• Jun 10, 2015

Suicide attack at popular Egyptian tourist site

At least 2 reportedly killed in attack near world-famous home of King Tutankhamun on the Nile

• Jun 10, 2015

3 climbers lost down crevasse in Peruvian Andes

One climber rescued, but "possibilities are very slim" for 3 members of experienced Estonian group still missing

• Jun 10, 2015

Libyan militias prepare for fight against encroaching ISIS

Terror group taking advantage of already weak country; militias left to fend for themselves

• Jun 9, 2015

Obama administration considering additional options in Iraq

The administration is looking at three different tactics to stem the advance of militants in Iraq

• Jun 9, 2015

​American muscle car owners in Iran await revival

Lifting of sanctions could put power back into American muscle cars in Tehran

• Jun 9, 2015

French government accused of negligence over teens' Syria trips

2 families say decision to let children travel abroad without passports or permission has put their children in danger

• Jun 9, 2015

Free Syrian Army launches attack on gov't army base

Embattled non-extremist rebels go on the offensive in southern Daraa province; activists say war's death toll could have topped 300,000

• Jun 9, 2015

Mom of U.S. reporter jailed in Iran speaks out

Washington Post reporter appeared in Tehran court again, facing espionage charges, for what his mother says was simply "reporting on a country that he loves"

• Jun 9, 2015

Survivors of crashed plane off Bahamas found floating on life raft

U.S. Coast Guard air crew spotted the 5 people -- including a baby -- floating on a raft about 9 miles off Nassau

• Jun 9, 2015

CSI Rembrandt: Museum sleuths uncover painting's origin

Years of is-it-or-isn't-it debate about whether the Mauritshuis museum's "Saul and David" is a real masterwork have ended

• Jun 9, 2015

Jewish woman gets doctorate in Germany at 102

Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport wasn't allowed to defend her doctoral thesis in 1938 under the Nazis; last month, the neonatologist passed her oral exam

• Jun 9, 2015

Cheaters in China slipped through despite drones

To catch students using hidden cameras and microphones on the biggest exam of the year, officials surveiled on the ground and in the sky

• Jun 9, 2015

10 months prison for Pistorius "simply not enough"?

Paralympic double-amputee track star to be transferred to house arrest thanks to good behavior behind bars

• Jun 9, 2015

U.N. head leaves Israel off list of nations deadly to kids

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon still criticized the nation for "unacceptable" violence against young people

• Jun 8, 2015

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