Chicago beats Texas 6-1, stays alive at LLWS
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Their gold-and-white sunglasses flipped upside down on the brims of their caps, Joshua Houston, Marquis Jackson and Darion Radcliff filed into the interview room at the Little League World Series brimming with confidence. Houston pitched five-hit ball over five... read more »
Africa: Briefing Security Council, Senior Officials Urge UN System-Wide App...
The Security Council today expressed its commitment to consider and use the tools of the United Nations system to ensure that warning signals about potential conflicts trigger “early, concrete preventive action,” as senior UN officials urged the body to take up the challenge of helping... read more »
Two Americans beat Ebola, leave hospital
WASHINGTON – Two American missionaries who fell ill with the dangerous Ebola virus while working in Liberia have recovered and have been released from an Atlanta hospital, doctors said Thursday. Doctor Kent Brantly, 33, and Nancy Writebol, 60, became sick with Ebola in Monrovia last month,... read more »
How many Palestinian civilians is a single militant worth?
On the night of August 5, Gaza’s Interior and National Security Ministry posted a comment on its Facebook page decrying the damage caused by publishing names and photographs of “resistance fighters who fell in battle” (shahids), along with information on where they died. The Israeli military... read more »
12-hour Gaza humanitarian ceasefire to start: Israel
The Israeli military says a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza will start on Saturday morning. The military says in a statement that the lull will start at 8 a.m. local time on Saturday... read more »
Children illegally crossing border subject to repatriation: Obama
Children illegally crossing the border would be repatriated to their home countries, U.S. President Barack Obama has told visiting leaders of the Central American countries. “Within a... read more »
Perera spoils South African recovery in 2nd test
Sri Lankan off-spinner Dilruwan Perera captured two wickets in three deliveries to spoil South Africa’s recovery on the third morning of the second cricket test, holding the visitors to... read more »
Bindra returns with a bang
Abhinav Bindra dug into his experience to help India to the men’s 10m air rifle gold medal on the opening day of the shooting competitions of the 20th Commonwealth Games at the Barry... read more »
Modi visa issue ‘a thing of past’: Biswal
Now that U.S. President Barack Obama has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House, the visa issue associated with him is a thing of past, a top American official has said. Assistant... read more »
