Obama defends plan to act on immigration: CBS interview

Obama defends plan to act on immigration: CBS interview
Ukraine rebels bolster frontline as shelling rocks stronghold
Merkel says Berlin Wall fall shows 'dreams can come true'
Ebola nurse to remain a voice against quarantines
Queen Elizabeth II leads UK memorial ceremony
Last 2 U.S. captives in North Korea return home
Iraq investigating IS chief's fate after air strikes
Two Americans freed by North Korea return to U.S. soil
Veteran of Afghan conflict dies in Los Angeles shooting
Lynch called civil rights defender
Gorbachev says world is on brink of new Cold War
U.S. airstrikes target Islamic State leaders in Iraq
2 Americans held in North Korea whisked back home
Nissan recalls 52,000 vehicles for faulty air bags
Big review set by Democrats after election losses
Joy of US missionary's family after North Korea release
Things to know about new attorney general nominee

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 09:54 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama defended his plan to use executive powers to implement some immigration reforms, saying in an interview broadcast on Sunday he had waited long enough for Congress to act.

Ukraine rebels bolster frontline as shelling rocks stronghold

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 08:08 AM PST

Armoured convoys headed to bolster rebel positions in east Ukraine Sunday as shelling rocked separatist stronghold Donetsk and fears mounted of a return to full-scale fighting. Shelling rumbled on throughout the afternoon on the edge of Donetsk, where government forces regularly exchange heavy fire with insurgent fighters, but was less intense than overnight when mortar fire was heard close to the centre for around two hours, an AFP journalist reported.

Merkel says Berlin Wall fall shows 'dreams can come true'

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 08:04 AM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago was a message to a conflict-torn world that "dreams can come true".

Ebola nurse to remain a voice against quarantines

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 07:25 AM PST

The Maine nurse who defied quarantine attempts after treating Ebola patients in West Africa is looking forward to stepping out her front door - "like normal people."

Queen Elizabeth II leads UK memorial ceremony

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 09:04 AM PST

Queen Elizabeth II honored fallen soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth Sunday in a dignified ceremony at the heart of central London.

Last 2 U.S. captives in North Korea return home

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 10:12 AM PST

Analysts their release probably was a bid by Pyongyang to ease pressure in connection with its human rights record.

Iraq investigating IS chief's fate after air strikes

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 07:24 AM PST

Iraq was on Sunday investigating whether Islamic State jihadist group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in air strikes by US-led coalition warplanes targeting the group's leaders. The death of the elusive Baghdadi would be a major victory for the coalition of countries carrying out air strikes against IS and providing assistance to Iraqi forces fighting to regain large areas of Iraq that the jihadists have overrun. The announcement of the strikes came after President Barack Obama unveiled plans to send up to 1,500 more US troops to Iraq to advise and train the country's forces, deepening Washington's commitment to the open-ended war against IS.

Two Americans freed by North Korea return to U.S. soil

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 12:23 AM PST

By Bill Rigby TACOMA Washington (Reuters) - Two Americans freed from secretive North Korea stepped off a plane into the welcoming arms of family on Saturday after the surprise involvement of the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official who traveled to Pyongyang to bring them home. Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, who had been doing hard labor for months in North Korea, were accompanied on their journey home by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, a senior U.S. official said. Their release comes less than three weeks after another American was freed by Pyongyang. ...

Veteran of Afghan conflict dies in Los Angeles shooting

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 10:28 AM PST

(Reuters) - A U.S. Army veteran who returned safely home to Los Angeles from Afghanistan several months ago was shot dead early Sunday after leaving a party hosted by his girlfriend, police said. Francisco Garcia, 21, was walking along a street with friends at about 2 a.m. when two vehicles pulled up, a man got of one vehicle, smashed a beer bottle on the ground and began screaming at Garcia, said Juan Santa, a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department. The man returned to one of the vehicles, got a handgun and fired at Garcia, Santa said. ...

Lynch called civil rights defender

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 05:57 PM PST

Obama's choice for attorney general has history of prosecuting police misconduct.

Gorbachev says world is on brink of new Cold War

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 11:03 AM PST

By Bettina Borgfeld BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Gorbachev, who is credited with forging a rapprochement with the West that led to the demise of communist regimes across Eastern Europe, accused the West, and the United States in particular, of not fulfilling their promises after 1989. "The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. ...

U.S. airstrikes target Islamic State leaders in Iraq

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 03:43 PM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition conducted a series of airstrikes targeting a gathering of Islamic State leaders near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a senior U.S. defense official said Saturday.

2 Americans held in North Korea whisked back home

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 10:53 PM PST

Their departure from North Korea was secured through a secret mission by the top U.S. intelligence official.

Nissan recalls 52,000 vehicles for faulty air bags

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:27 PM PST

Nissan is recalling more than 52,000 vehicles for passenger air bags that can explode with too much force and send shards of metal into the passenger compartment.

Big review set by Democrats after election losses

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:35 PM PST

Democrats are planning an extensive review of what went wrong in the 2014 and 2010 elections, hoping to find ways to translate success in presidential campaigns into future midterm contests.

Joy of US missionary's family after North Korea release

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:46 PM PST

The family of Kenneth Bae welcomed the US missionary's sudden release from North Korea on Saturday, expressing joy that the 42-year-old's two-year ordeal was over.