World Nov 24 Video: Turkey shoots down Russian airplane Turkey shot down a Russian war plane Tuesday, saying it violated Turkish airspace. But Moscow officials said the jet fighter was flying over Syria at the time.
World Nov 23 Iran confirms sentencing of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who has been held in an Iranian prison for 16 months, was sentenced for an unspecified prison term on Sunday.
World Nov 20 American among those killed at hotel in Mali Gunmen stormed a Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako Friday morning, taking more than 100 hostages. At least 20 people were reported dead by the end of the day-long siege, including one American.
World Nov 18 Chief suspect in Paris attacks died in raid, French authorities confirm Updated: French authorities confirm that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian suspect behind the Paris attacks, died in a police raid Wednesday.
World Nov 18 Suicide bombing in Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram extremists Overnight, a suicide bombing in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola killed 32 people and wounded at least 80 others.
World Nov 17 Russia says bomb downed passenger plane in Egypt Russia’s security service said Tuesday for the first time that last month’s crash of a passenger airliner in Egypt was caused by a homemade explosive device.
World Nov 15 France launches 'massive' air strike on ISIS in Syria France launched a “massive” air strike on an Islamic State stronghold in Syria on Sunday, the first military response since the attacks in Paris on Friday that killed as many as 129 people.
World Nov 15 Candles lit across France on second day of national mourning People lit candles, posted placards and paid tribute across France on Sunday in remembrance of the victims killed in the terror attacks that hit Paris on Friday night.
World Nov 14 'Je suis Paris': In solidarity with France, tributes spring up across the globe Following several coordinated terror attacks in Paris Friday night, which left at least 129 people dead and more than 350 injured, signs of solidarity emerged from around the world.
Nation Nov 13 What is a microaggression? Columbia University Professor Derald Wing Sue explains microaggressions, how they impact people and what can be done to address them.