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6 Jewish Suspects Held in Palestinian Teen’s Death
US Has $10M Bounty on ISIL Leader It Previously Held
Yemen Army Continues Fight in North
US Lawmakers to Weigh in on Border Enforcement, Immigration
Germany Seeks Quick US Reply on Suspected Spy Case
Ordinary Americans Outnumber Foreigners in NSA Spy Sweep
Obama Marks Independence Day
Chinese Pastor Receives 12-Year Sentence
Djokovic Wins 2nd Wimbledon Men’s Title
6 Jewish Suspects Held in Palestinian Teen’s Death
Ukraine Presses Forward after Capture of Rebel Stronghold
Iranian Pilot Killed in Iraq Defending Shrine
Gunmen Kill at Least 22 in Attacks Near Kenya Coast
Afghan Presidential Election Deadlock Continues
Indonesia Presidential Race too Close to Call
Afghan election candidates feud on eve of results
India’s Modi to unveil reform agenda in maiden budget
Wall collapse in southern India kills 11: officials
Dalai Lama urges Buddhists to halt Muslim violence
UK’s Hague, Osborne to court new Indian PM Modi

6 Jewish Suspects Held in Palestinian Teen’s Death

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 06:10 PM PDT

Israeli police have arrested six Jewish suspects in the kidnapping and killing of a Palestinian teenager who was burned to death. Authorities say the suspects in the killing of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir had “nationalist motives” and belonged to an “extremist Jewish group.” The killing, apparently in revenge of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted […]

US Has $10M Bounty on ISIL Leader It Previously Held

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 06:09 PM PDT

For nearly three years the United States has had a $10 million bounty on the man who has emerged as the leader of Islamic insurgents, even though American authorities had him in custody during the U.S. war in Iraq. U.S. military authorities captured the man known by his nom de guerre, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in […]

Yemen Army Continues Fight in North

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 06:08 PM PDT

SANAA/ADEN —Clashes in the north Yemen town of Omran continued on Sunday between the army and fighters from the Houthi movement after at least 104 people were killed on Saturday, while in the south six soldiers were shot dead by al-Qaida militants. Yemen’s government is struggling to regain stability in a country facing a deadly […]

US Lawmakers to Weigh in on Border Enforcement, Immigration

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:41 PM PDT

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers will weigh in on border enforcement and immigration reform when they return to work this week after an Independence Day recess. A stream of undocumented minors arriving on America's southern border, along with President Barack Obama's pledge to alter immigration enforcement through executive order, have sparked a firestorm on Capitol Hill. […]

Germany Seeks Quick US Reply on Suspected Spy Case

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:40 PM PDT

The German government wants a quick and clear explanation from Washington for U.S. intelligence’s apparent contact with a German man arrested last week on suspicion of being a double agent, the Interior Minister said in a newspaper interview. “I expect everyone to cooperate promptly to clear up these allegations – with quick and clear comments […]

Ordinary Americans Outnumber Foreigners in NSA Spy Sweep

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:39 PM PDT

A report in a major U.S. newspaper said when the National Security Agency intercepted the online accounts of legally targeted foreigners over a four-year period, the agency also collected the conversations of nine times as many ordinary Internet users, both Americans and non-Americans. The Washington Post, in a story posted on its website late Saturday, […]

Obama Marks Independence Day

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:38 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is celebrating Independence Day, the national holiday marking the birth of the United States of America 238 years ago. In his weekly address to the nation, the president traced the history of the country back to the the nation’s “founding fathers” — the “farmers and businessmen, doctors and lawyers, ministers and a […]

Chinese Pastor Receives 12-Year Sentence

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:36 PM PDT

A court in China sentenced a Christian pastor on Friday to 12 years in prison in a verdict his supporters are calling “totally unacceptable.” Zhang Shaojie, who led the government-sanctioned Nanle County Christian Church in Henan province, was arrested last year following a land dispute with local authorities. His lawyer told The Associated Press that […]

Djokovic Wins 2nd Wimbledon Men’s Title

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:33 PM PDT

Top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia has won his second Wimbledon men’s tennis title. Djokovic defeated fourth seed Roger Federer of Switzerland in five sets, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, and 6-4. The 27-year-old surrendered a 5-2 lead in the fourth set and then a match point before pulling out the win at the All England […]

6 Jewish Suspects Held in Palestinian Teen’s Death

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:33 PM PDT

Ukraine Presses Forward after Capture of Rebel Stronghold

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:32 PM PDT

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered military forces Sunday to “tighten the ring around the terrorists,” a day after the country’s troops recaptured Slovyansk from pro-Russian separatists. Ukraine’s government said it would seize more territory from rebels in what Poroshenko called a turning point in the fight for control of the country’s east. Government forces routed […]

Iranian Pilot Killed in Iraq Defending Shrine

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:31 PM PDT

An Iranian pilot was killed defending Shi’ite Muslim holy sites in neighboring Iraq, Iran’s state news agency said, in the first official report of an Iranian death related to an upsurge in violence there since June. Shoja’at Alamdari Mourjani, who was buried in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Friday, was killed while fighting Sunni […]

Gunmen Kill at Least 22 in Attacks Near Kenya Coast

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:30 PM PDT

NAIROBI —Officials in Kenya said at least 22 people have been killed in two attacks overnight near to the same area where 60 people were killed in a terrorist assault last month. The al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attacks, although police blamed the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), a group that campaigns for […]

Afghan Presidential Election Deadlock Continues

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:29 PM PDT

The election deadlock in Afghanistan continues, despite last minute U.S. attempts to arrange a deal between rival presidential candidates. Partial results from the June 14 runoff vote are due Monday. Several American lawmakers have visited Kabul in the past week to try to resolve Afghanistan’s ongoing political crisis. On Sunday, U.S. Senator Carl Levin held […]

Indonesia Presidential Race too Close to Call

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 05:29 PM PDT

Indonesia’s upcoming presidential election is too close to call, according to regional analysts. Some pollsters give Jakarta governor Joko Widodo a slight edge over former military general Prabowo Subianto in Wednesday’s vote, but nothing is certain they say. Polls indicate 10 percent of the voters are still undecided and their choice will likely decide the […]

Afghan election candidates feud on eve of results

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 01:56 PM PDT

Kabul - Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates clashed over alleged fraud Sunday ahead of the release of preliminary election results, setting the stage for a prolonged squabble that threatens worsening instability. Abdullah Abdullah demanded that the preliminary result, due out on Monday, be delayed for a comprehensive audit of suspicious votes, repeating that he would reject […]