Terrorists staged multiple simultaneous attacks Friday night in Paris, killing scores of people with automatic gunfire and explosions. At least 100 people died at a single location after gunman attacked a Paris music hall and held scores of people hostage before police stormed the building, ending the standoff. Two attackers were among the dead. […]
France says it has launched its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, on targets it identified after two weeks of surveillance flights. French President Francois Hollande told reporters at the United Nations that six jet fighters hit an Islamic State training camp near the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor. Prime Minister […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was due to be discharged from a Boston, Massachusetts, hospital Friday, where he has been recovering from a leg injury he sustained during a bicycle accident in France. The State Department said Kerry would return to his home in Boston. There was no word on when he would be […]
A fabled park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is under pressure from oil developers. And activists allege the dealings are tainted by corruption. Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is home to volcanoes and some of the world’s few remaining mountain gorillas, may have its boundaries changed so oil rigs can […]