Lance Armstrong Admits Doping
Former world champion cyclist Lance Armstrong is reported to have admitted using performance-enhancing drugs to help win the Tour de France.
3 Kurdish Activists Shot Dead in Paris
French police say three Kurdish activists, including a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party militant group, have been shot to death in Paris in what the French interior minister has termed an "assassination."
US Banks to Pay $8.5 Billion Settlement on Foreclosure Abuse
Some of the largest U.S. banks have agreed to an $8.5 billion settlement to resolve claims that they abused financially troubled homeowners as they sought to foreclose on their home purchase loans at the height of the country's financial downturn.
US: Assad's Plan Detached from Reality
The United States says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's plan for a national reconciliation conference is "detached from reality" and is an attempt to "cling to power."