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Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Israel pressed on with its military operation to end rocket fire from the Gaza Strip even as the United Nations Security Council agreed on a draft resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.
The recent winter storm was a thing of beauty as it turned our neighborhood into a snow-covered landscape. My wife and I took a late night walk through the quiet streets as the large flakes of snow fell around us. Our dog, Sasha, came along as well and enthusiastically jumped into the small piles of snow that were quickly building on the lawns and sidewalks.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ibrahim Barzak, The Associated Press's chief correspondent in Gaza City for 17 years and a lifelong resident of the enclave, has lived through Israel's offensive that began Dec. 27. Here he recounts what has happened to some of the personal and public landmarks of his life.
TEXARKANA, Ark. - A federal judge in Arkansas has delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex.
A gunnery sergeant was awarded the Silver Star on Thursday, four months after he helped fight off insurgents in Iraq by calling for his vehicle to be rammed into a building, then leading the recovery of a wounded Marine inside.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A leader of a Canadian polygamist group arrested for violating laws against plural marriages said on Thursday he was a political target and victim of religious discrimination.
As well as the untimely and tragic end of over 40 Palestinian civilians, the Israeli shelling of UN schools in Gaza could be taken as a final farewell salute to the honeymoon between Ban Ki-moon and Israel. Ban came into office with somewhat limited appreciation of the Middle East, and seemed to take much of his attitude second-hand from Washington. But his own deep sense of ethics and ...
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex.
It took singer Olivia Newton-John almost a year to find a buyer for her Malibu home, but she can now apparently sing "You're the One That I Want."
A four-year-old girl’s dismembered body has been found in a fridge in southern China, leading to the arrest of a man who allegedly once said human flesh was “delicious”, state media reported.
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