Ex-Pentagon chief: ISIS fight strategy "needs to be changed"

As terror group's claim on key Iraqi territory grows, Robert Gates says U.S. troops should be used differently to ensure success

• May 18, 2015

BBC says team jailed after reporting on migrant workers in Qatar

Arrests come as media outlets investigate conditions for foreign workers in nation that will host the 2022 World Cup

• May 18, 2015

French police officers acquitted in teens' deaths

Boys' deaths during police chase a decade ago led to weeks of violent riots across France, now there's fear of fresh protests

• May 18, 2015

Putin plays with former NHL stars, scores 8 goals

Watch: Russian president displays his athletic skills during celebrity All-Star game in Sochi

• May 18, 2015

Will the people of Ireland legalize same-sex marriage?

Catholic leader of nation where homosexuality was illegal just 2 decades ago urges people to seize an "opportunity that won't come again"

• May 18, 2015

"The Everest of sailing"

The round-the-word-sailing-odyssey is one of the toughest endurance events in sports

• May 18, 2015
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India nurse dies 42 years after brutal rape

The man convicted of strangling and raping Aruna Shanbaug, leaving her in a vegetative state, has been free for decades

• May 18, 2015

Greece: Bailout deal needed by the end of May

Government is proposing measures that might protect Greeks hammered by a six-year recession, but lenders say they remain too vague

• May 18, 2015

Ukraine: Captured Russian troops to face justice

With Moscow still denying any Russian troops are in Ukraine, 2 alleged soldiers are brought wounded to Kiev

• May 18, 2015

U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition resumes Yemen strikes

John Kerry defends fresh strikes as a response to Iran-backed rebels violating 5-day cease-fire, and says peace talks now "would be difficult"

• May 18, 2015

Carnage in Ramadi after ISIS' takeover

Officials say hundreds of civilians and troops massacred in key city, now in ISIS hands despite U.S. airstrikes, and worse could be in store

• May 18, 2015

Ukraine: 2 Russian officers caught near rebel area

Alleged video of prisoner shows man confessing to being Russian Special Forces sergeant operating in Ukraine for last two months

• May 17, 2015

ISIS captures all of Ramadi in Iraq

Iraqi PM prepares to send in Shiite militias to Sunni-dominated Anbar province after reports of Iraqi troops abandoning their posts and weapons

• May 17, 2015

Beyonce visits Haiti for look at earthquake recovery

Pop queen travels with Haiti U.N. mission to look at progress since 2010, when temblor claimed as many as 300,000 lives

• May 17, 2015

Syria claims to have pushed ISIS from Palmyra

Town that is home to famed 2,000-year-old ruins also sits on important highway intersection; Assad regime claims to fire on retreating ISIS forces

• May 17, 2015

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