Civil Unrest

With UN envoy in Damascus, IS takes Syrian town from rebels

DAMASCUS, Syria – The UN special envoy on Monday urged Syria’s warring sides to preserve the fragile U.S.-Russia-brokered cease-fire ahead of the next round of peace talks in Geneva this wee...

DATE: Apr 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syrian cease-fire strained by new clashes ahead of talks

BEIRUT – Government forces and rebels clashed Sunday across northern and western Syria, imperiling a monthlong cease-fire ahead of peace talks in Geneva, while airstrikes pounded the Islamic...

DATE: Apr 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Destruction, razed monastery left behind by IS in Syria town

QARYATAIN, Syria – Syrian troops fired their guns in celebration amid smoldering buildings inside the town of Qaryatain on Monday, hours after recapturing it from retreating Islamic State mi...

DATE: Apr 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pakistani Taliban faction claims Easter park bombing

ISLAMABAD – A breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group has claimed responsibility for an Easter Sunday bombing in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that killed 65 people....

DATE: Mar 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Islamic State bombings rock Syria as world powers seek truce

BEIRUT – Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs killed nearly 130 people on Sunday, highlighting the threat posed by the extremists as the coun...

DATE: Feb 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea praises rocket; others view as covert missile test

SEOUL, South Korea – For North Korea’s propaganda machine, the long-range rocket launch Sunday carved a glorious trail of “fascinating vapor” through the clear blue sky. For South Korea’s pr...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Turkey: Reaching limits but will keep taking in refugees

KILIS, Turkey – Turkey has reached the end of its “capacity to absorb” refugees but will continue to take them in, the deputy premier said Sunday, as his country faced mounting pressure to o...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Saudis cut ties with Iran after clerk execution

TEHRAN, Iran – Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it was severing diplomatic relations with Shiite powerhouse Iran amid escalating tensions over the Sunni kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shiit...

DATE: Jan 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

United Nations endorses peace process for Syria

Assad’s role not mentioned

DATE: Dec 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Islamic State expands Afghan footprint with terror campaign

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Rahman Wali’s younger brother was one of 10 Afghan men forced by Islamic State militants to kneel over bombs buried in the soil in a lush green valley in eastern Nan...

DATE: Dec 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

French transplants in La Plata County horrified by terrorism

Hopes those from Middle East won’t face baseless prejudice

DATE: Nov 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

95 killed at peace rally in Turkey’s capital city

Turkish PM says deadly attacks were likely suicide bombings

DATE: Oct 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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