Turkey Blasts Claimed by Kurdish Militants; Country Mourns
ISTANBUL — Turkey declared a national day of mourning and paid tribute to the dead Sunday after two bombings in Istanbul killed 38 people and wounded 155 others near a soccer stadium. The carnage was claimed by a Turkey-based Kurdish militant group.
Bombing at Egypt’s Coptic Christian Cathedral Kills 25
CAIRO — A bombing at a chapel adjacent to Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral killed 25 people and wounded another 49 during Sunday mass, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out against the religious minority in recent memory.
Twin Blasts Near Istanbul Stadium Kill 29, Wound 166
ISTANBUL — Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats.
Longtime Gambian Ruler Refuses to Step Aside
DAKAR, Senegal — Gambia's ruler of more than 22 years announced late Friday that he no longer accepts defeat in the country's presidential election, reversing course a week after he conceded to his rival.
Obama Orders Review of Election Hacking
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review of election-season cyberattacks, including the email hacks that rattled the presidential campaign and raised fresh concerns about Russia's meddling in U.S. elections, the White House said Friday.
South Korean President is Impeached in Stunning Fall
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean lawmakers on Friday voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye, a stunning and swift fall for the country's first female leader amid protests that drew millions into the streets in united fury.
146th Tibetan Buddhist Monk Self-Immolates in West China
BEIJING — A Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire in western China in what appeared to be the latest such radical protest against Beijing's rule, a U.S. government-backed radio station and rights monitoring group said.
Woman Described as Canada’s Rosa Parks to Appear on Banknote
GATINEAU, Quebec — A black woman often described as Canada's Rosa Parks for her 1946 decision to sit in a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theater will be the first Canadian woman to be celebrated on the face of a Canadian banknote.
Jamie Vardy Symbolizing Decline of PL Champions Leicester
LONDON — After spending last season as one of the key forces behind Leicester's rise to the Premier League title, Jamie Vardy is now the symbol of the team's alarming decline.
Pantone Color Institute’s Color of the Year is ‘Greenery’
NEW YORK — Amid social, political and environmental tumult around the world, the Pantone Color Institute on Thursday plucked fresh and zesty "greenery" as the color of the year for 2017.
