Celebrated Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe dies at 82
Author of groundbreaking novel "Things Fall Apart" and winner of Booker Prize was a voice for modern, post-colonial Africa
World
World Water Day: Why it matters
Since 1992 the U.N. has tried to bring attention to the quality of our Earth's water, but how bad is it really?
World Water Day: India
The U.N. estimates that more than one in six people worldwide do not have access to adequate water supplies
Dachau remembered - 80 years later
Remembering the victims of Nazi Germany's first SS-controlled concentration camp
Obama reaffirms Israel's right to exist
Wrapping up 3-day tour of Holy Land, Obama visits Holocaust memorial, pays respects to founder of modern Zionism
100 injured in Canadian blizzard highway wrecks
Blizzard sweeping across Canadian plains causes string of traffic wrecks involving bus, semi-trailer, trucks, cars
As Syria conflict rages, Assad steps out in public
Syrian president's appearance in public is a campaign selling confidence -- advertising that he will remain in control
Bolshoi faces probe in wake of acid attack on director
Russian audit agency's investigation comes amid allegations of mismanagement, corruption at famed theater
U.S. intel suggests no chemical weapons in Syria attack
U.S. official says additional intelligence-gathering has led U.S. to believe more strongly that it was not a weaponized chemical attack
Syria: 42 killed in Damascus mosque bombing
Syrian TV says top pro-Assad preacher among at least 42 killed by suicide bomber inside Damascus mosque; dozens wounded
Artful caskets of Ghana
These colorful coffins display the artistry of their creators, and the passions of the deceased
U.S., Iran signal openess to direct talks over nukes
After incendiary speech by Iran's supreme leader, Obama administration says president "was open" to dialogue with Iran
Man stoned to death by Somali rebels for sexual act
Militant official says al-Shabab fighters stoned the man to death because he forced a 13-year-old boy to have sex with him
Assad sympathizers hack BBC Twitter account
Series of messages posted by the BBC Weather Twitter account ranged from political to anti-Semitic to comical
Secret report raises alarms on intel blind spots
Washington Post: Panel warns U.S. spy agencies have paid inadequate attention to China, Middle East and other areas because of focus on military operations, drone strikes
Live
U.S. reducing troop footprint in Middle East, sources say
Son of Stephen Hubbard, American freed from Russian jail, speaks out
Witkoff blasted for calling Putin a "humanitarian"
Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict treatments for trans inmates
Judge curbs DHS efforts to conduct sweeps for possible noncitizen voters
Elon Musk's Starlink and Starshield, and what they mean to Ukraine
U.S. ordering some government staff to depart Saudi Arabia
Investigation
Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters
