Point man: Holder pushed Obama priorities

It wasn't difficult for Barack Obama and Eric Holder to connect. Both were sons of immigrants. Both are Columbia Ivy Leaguers, basketball fans and prominent African-American political figures.

Ebola experts beg European governments for help

Health experts from 16 European countries beseeched their governments on Friday to massively scale up manpower and resources to fight West Africa's Ebola epidemic, which now threatens "the entire world".

'Bash' computer bug could hit millions of Macs, technologists warn

The US government and technology experts warned on Thursday of a vulnerability in some computer-operating systems, including Apple's Mac OS, which could allow widespread and serious attacks by hackers.

UK lawmakers debate strikes on IS

Cameron's plea supported by all three main parties as Iraq requests help

Billions and counting: mounting cost of US attacks

The widening US airstrikes against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq will cost more than the 2011 Libya conflict, and the price could rise to just under $1 billion a month, experts said on Thursday.

Iraqi PM: Subways targeted in US, Paris

Iraq has "credible" intelligence that Islamic State militants plan to attack subway systems in Paris and the United States, the country's prime minister said on Thursday, but US and French officials said they had no evidence to back up the claim.

Syrian refugees agree to leave rescue ship

Hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees rescued by a cruise ship in the Mediterranean agreed to disembark in Cyprus on Friday after a standoff ensued over their demand to be taken to Italy.

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Blind Polish sailors 'see the sea'

Walentyna Koziol was born with impaired vision.

Cuban colognes honor Che, Chavez

Call it Eau de Revolution.

US prisoner in DPRK sheds light on detention

A man from the United States who was recently sentenced by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to six years of hard labor says he is digging in fields eight hours a day and being kept in isolation, but his health is good.

FBI: Mass shootings are on the increase

The number of shootings in which a gunman wounds or kills multiple people has increased dramatically in recent years, with the majority of attacks in the last decade occurring at a business or a school, according to an FBI report released on Wednesday.