Buried deep inside a Times report last weekend about Hadar Goldin, the Israeli soldier who was reported captured by Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, and then declared dead, was the following paragraph:
The United States dropped laser-guided bombs on ISIS artillery in Iraq on Friday, the Pentagon said ? the beginning of airstrikes threatened a day earlier by President Barack Obama.
Last week President Obama explained "Africa also happens to be one of the continents where America is most popular," and added that the US is "deeply interested in working with Africa, not to extract natural resources alone."
President Obama authorized US airstrikes in northern Iraq Thursday night, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. His announcement threatened a renewal
Israeli official calls for concentration camps in Gaza and 'the conquest of the entire Gaza Strip, and annihilation of all fighting forces and their supporters'
Israeli official calls for concentration camps in Gaza and 'the conquest of the entire Gaza Strip, and annihilation of all fighting forces and their supporters'
In honor of World War I's centennial this year, The Open University has "colorized" a sample of select photos from the conflict with the help of a photograph restoration expert.
Russia called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday over what it called an urgent humanitarian situation in Ukraine, according to a report from the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS.
The Ukrainian government is desperate for more men on the eastern front to fight the separatists. The Ukrainian president has announced yet a third round of general military mobilization, and draft orders are being delivered across Ukraine.
Azerbaijan and Armenia on Monday both reported more losses in a sharp escalation of fighting over the South Caucasus region Nagorno-Karabakh, with 18 soldiers now confirmed dead.
Militants associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) captured the Lebanese city of Arsal in fighting that began on Friday and continued Monday. A Syrian rebel group set up check-points in the border city but have not yet declared
More than 400 Ukrainian soldiers crossed the border into Russia and deserted the Kiev government. Ukraine confirmed the crossing but said the soldiers were forced into Russian territory by rebel fire.
It's a century since the outbreak of the First World War but British taxpayers are still paying for their country's part in it --- and a handful of banks is cashing in on hundreds of millions of pounds.