Crocodile takes Australian boy, mauls another
Rangers resumed hunting Monday for a 13-foot crocodile that snatched a 12-year-old boy and mauled his friend as they swam in a water hole in a popular Outback tourist destination in northern Australia.
Watchdog: Syria has filed chemical weapon details
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Syria has filed details of its poison gas and nerve agent program and an initial plan to destroy it to the
Police seek suspect in Leigh Mall attack
The Columbus Police Department is searching for two men who allegedly threw a man through a plate glass window at Leigh Mall.
Mall attack to cost Kenya $200 million in lost tourism
NAIROBI, Kenya — When Ohio resident Bill Haynes heard about the shooting at Westgate Mall by Islamic extremist gunmen last month, he considered canceling his
Kenya attack victims’ relatives voice frustration
NAIROBI, Kenya — After almost a week, there is no precise death toll, no word on the fate of dozens still missing and no details
Cameras capture eagle killing deer
LONDON — The eagle, red-handed. Remote cameras intended to monitor Siberian tigers in Russia instead caught a golden eagle’s fatal attack on a deer, snapping
Pakistan aid chopper targeted; 355 dead in quake
ARAWAN, Pakistan — Two rockets fired by militants in Pakistan’s quake-struck region narrowly missed a government helicopter today as survivors complained that aid was not
Shabab: 137 killed in Kenya mall attack
NAIROBI, Kenya — The militant group behind the takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed today that the Kenyan government assault team carried out “a demolition”
Court weighs if horses are innately vicious
HARTFORD, Conn. — After a horse named Scuppy bit a boy in the face, a Connecticut court came to a conclusion that threw animal lovers:
Kenyan officials claim last push to end mall siege
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan security forces battled al-Qaida-linked terrorists in an upscale mall for a third day Monday in what they said was a final
Kenya mall crisis: Fate of hostages not clear
A Kenyan military spokesman Monday said that the fate of hostages inside a mall besieged by al-Qaida-linked terrorists was not clear despite earlier statements that “most” hostages had been rescued.
Pakistani Christians protest church bombing
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Angry Pakistani Christians on Monday denounced the deadliest attack ever in this country against members of their faith as the death toll
Watchdog gets details of Syrian chemical arsenal
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Technical experts at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons were reviewing Saturday a further disclosure from Syria about its
39 dead in Kenya mall attack claimed by militants
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s president says that 39 people have been killed and more than 150 injured by armed terrorists who attacked an upscale mall
Assad denies his forces conducted chemical attack
WASHINGTON — Syrian President Bashar Assad said a United Nations report finding “clear and convincing evidence” sarin nerve gas was used in Syria painted an
U.S.-Russia reach agreement on Syria weapons
GENEVA — After days of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia reached agreement Saturday on a framework to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons
Kerry: Syria peace prospects ride on weapons talks
GENEVA — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that prospects for a resumption in the Syrian peace
Afghan Taliban attack U.S. Consulate, kill two Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants unleashed car bombs at the U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, triggering a firefight with security forces in
In declining U.S. arsenal, lessons for Syria chemical weapons
WASHINGTON — Three decades after the United States started destroying its own chemical weapons, the nation’s stockpile stands at more than 3,000 tons — about
Obama conditionally backs offer on Syria
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama conditionally endorsed a Russian offer for international inspectors to seize and destroy deadly chemical weapons in Syria as efforts to