| Gaza truce efforts go up in smoke Posted: 27 Jul 2014 10:47 AM PDT  The Islamist Hamas movement continued firing rockets at Israel Sunday, despite claims it had accepted a UN request for a 24-hour extension of a humanitarian truce in war-torn Gaza.
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| Fighting intensifies near MH17 disaster site Posted: 27 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT  DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month.
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| Nigeria death shows Ebola can spread by air travel Posted: 26 Jul 2014 05:51 PM PDT  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian health authorities raced to stop the spread of Ebola on Saturday after a man sick with one of the world's deadliest diseases brought it by plane to Lagos, Africa's largest city with 21 million people.
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| Pushing locals aside, Russians take top rebel posts in east Ukraine Posted: 27 Jul 2014 04:16 AM PDT  By Gabriela Baczynska and Aleksandar Vasovic KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - As Ukrainian troops gained ground in eastern Ukraine in early July, separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, a Russian national, left for Moscow for political consultations. After what he described as successful talks with unnamed people there, he returned to the rebel stronghold of Donetsk to introduce a new senior figure in his self-proclaimed republic, a compatriot seasoned in the pro-Russian separatist movement in Moldova and a war between Russia and Georgia. Vladimir Antyufeyev was named "deputy prime minister" by Borodai on July 10, one of several native Russians to have taken charge of the separatist rebellion in Ukraine's eastern regions.
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| Gaza war rages despite Hamas, Israel truce pledges Posted: 27 Jul 2014 09:26 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Hamas launched new attacks Sunday in the raging Gaza war, despite each side offering different truces to temporarily halt nearly three weeks of fighting ahead of a major Muslim holiday.
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| Fighting intensifies near MH17 disaster site Posted: 27 Jul 2014 11:03 AM PDT DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. |
| EU, US seek Putin Achilles' heel on Ukraine Posted: 27 Jul 2014 09:59 AM PDT  BRUSSELS (AP) — Months after Russia annexed Crimea and stepped up support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, Europe and the United States are still searching for a way to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to change course.
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| US: Russia has fired rockets into Ukraine Posted: 27 Jul 2014 10:10 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States released satellite images Sunday that it says back up its claims that rockets have been fired from Russia into eastern Ukraine and heavy artillery for separatists has also crossed the border. |
| Plan to simplify 2015 health renewals may backfire Posted: 27 Jul 2014 06:02 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — If you have health insurance on your job, you probably don't give much thought to each year's renewal. But make the same assumption in one of the new health law plans, and it could lead to costly surprises.
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| Northern California wildfire destroys 10 homes Posted: 27 Jul 2014 09:21 AM PDT PLYMOUTH, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Northern California are battling a wildfire that has destroyed 10 homes and forced hundreds of evacuations in the Sierra Nevada foothills, while a fire near Yosemite grew significantly overnight. |
| Man seeks video of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing Posted: 27 Jul 2014 08:20 AM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — One man's quest to explain his brother's mysterious jail cell death 19 years ago has rekindled long-dormant questions about whether others were involved in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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| Sexual harassment at Comic-Con in the spotlight Posted: 27 Jul 2014 09:57 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Amid the costumes and fantasy of this weekend's Comic-Con convention, a group of young women drew widespread attention to a very real issue — allegations of sexual harassment at the annual comic book convention.
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| Italy's Vincenzo Nibali wins Tour de France Posted: 27 Jul 2014 10:56 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — Vincenzo Nibali won the Tour de France on Sunday, becoming the first Italian in 16 years to triumph in cycling's greatest race by chiseling a lead over his main rivals a few seconds at a time and dominating them in the mountains.
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| 38 killed as Libyan forces battle militias in east Posted: 27 Jul 2014 10:27 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Heavy clashes between Libyan soldiers loyal to a renegade general and Islamist-led militias killed 38 people, health officials said Sunday, as fighting between rival militias around the capital's international airport raged on and European nations warned their citizens to leave.
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| Hamas agrees to 24-hour holiday truce in Gaza war Posted: 27 Jul 2014 05:52 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas on Sunday agreed to observe a 24-hour truce in Gaza after initially rejecting a similar Israeli offer, as fighting resumed and the two sides wrangled over the terms of a lull that international diplomats had hoped could be expanded into a more sustainable truce.
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| Israel resumes offensive after Gaza rocket fire Posted: 27 Jul 2014 02:19 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel resumed its Gaza offensive on Sunday, calling off a unilateral extension of a humanitarian cease-fire after Palestinian militants fired several rockets at southern Israel. |
| Israel says it's extending Gaza truce for 24 hours Posted: 26 Jul 2014 07:27 PM PDT  BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel's offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to negotiate an end to the Gaza war.
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| Destroy Hamas? Something worse would follow: Pentagon intel chief Posted: 26 Jul 2014 07:37 PM PDT  Destruction of the group could lead to something much worse, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn says.
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| Israeli military resumes Gaza fighting, says Hamas ignored truce Posted: 27 Jul 2014 12:17 AM PDT  The Israeli military started fighting again in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, saying Hamas militants had ignored a 24-hour, humanitarian ceasefire requested by the UN.
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| Gaza militants launch big rocket salvo at Israel Posted: 26 Jul 2014 11:45 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants launched a big rocket salvo at Israel early Sunday, endangering a unilateral cease-fire and opening the way for a possible expansion of the 20-day operation, which has already killed 1,047 Palestinians and 43 Israeli soldiers. |
| Grieving relatives at MH17 site as Dutch, Australia ready troops Posted: 26 Jul 2014 12:37 PM PDT  The first relatives of victims on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived on Saturday at the crash site, as Dutch and Australian forces prepared for possible deployment to secure the location in rebel-held east Ukraine. A truce has been called in the immediate area around the site by both the Kiev forces and pro-Russian separatists, but combat was raging just 60 kilometres (35 miles) away, with loud explosions heard at regular intervals in western and northern suburbs of rebel stronghold Donetsk. "She was full of life," said Angela Rudhart-Dyczynski of their 25-year-old daughter Fatima, an aerospace engineering student who died when the Amsterdam-to-Kuala Lumpur plane was shot down July 17, killing all 298 people on board. The Dutch government, which is in charge of identifying the remains found at the site, said that forensic experts had confirmed the identity the first victim on Saturday, one of 193 Dutch citizens who had been on board.
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| U.S. evacuates Libya embassy after 'free-wheeling militia violence' Posted: 26 Jul 2014 02:39 PM PDT  By Patrick Markey TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The United States evacuated its embassy in Libya on Saturday, driving diplomats across the border into Tunisia under heavy military escort after escalating clashes broke out between rival militias in Tripoli. Security in the Libyan capital has deteriorated following two weeks of clashes between brigades of former rebel fighters who have pounded each other with rockets and artillery fire in southern Tripoli near the embassy compound. The violence is the worst seen in Tripoli and in eastern Benghazi since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Western governments fear Libya is teetering toward becoming a failed state just three years after the NATO-backed war ended his one-man rule.
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