An Egyptian militant organization affiliated with the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for simultaneous attacks that struck more than a dozen army and police targets in three towns in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 26 security officers.
Major tech leaders say connectivity creates jobs and promotes greater global equality
The piercing screams of a woman electrocuted on a barbed wire fence, children sent to the gas chambers and the constant threat of death: Auschwitz survivors recall life in the world's most notorious death camp with remarkable clarity.
It was a hyena that killed the boy, but four elderly women got the blame. Villagers slashed them with machetes, then set fire to their bodies for casting spells on the wild animal.
Rising threats from climate change and nuclear arsenals prompted the scientists who maintain the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic countdown to global catastrophe, to move it two minutes closer to midnight on Thursday, its first shift in three years.
State TV announces end of decadelong reign; brother Salman takes over as ruler
Saudi Arabia's new king, Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, is a veteran of the country's top leadership, versed in diplomacy from nearly 50 years as governor of the capital Riyadh and known as a mediator of disputes within the sprawling royal family.
The Al-Saud dynasty, to which the late King Abdullah belonged, gave its name to the Gulf Arab monarchy of Saudi Arabia ruled by the sons of founder Abdul-Aziz bin Saud.
An official of Indonesia's top corruption-fighting body was arrested on Friday, days after he said a national police chief hopeful was a graft suspect, sparking public demands for the country's president to defend the body.
Thailand's military-appointed legislature on Friday voted to impeach former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars.
Warning posted online shows gruesome images as deadline to pay $200m ransom expires
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