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BOSTON (AP) — In 2012, freelance journalist Theo Padnos slipped into Syria to cover its unfolding civil war and was promptly kidnapped by members of an al-Qaida branch. Convinced he was a CIA agent because he spoke Arabic, the group held the Massachusetts native for nearly two years before releasing him in August 2014. Padnos reflects on his captivity on sets emulating his tiny prison cell and the room he was subjected to torture and beatings. Along the Turkey-Syria border, he recalls the moment... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — In 2012, freelance journalist Theo Padnos slipped into Syria to cover its unfolding civil war and was promptly kidnapped by members of an al-Qaida branch.

‘How does it feel to be Greece’s most hated man?’ The question felt like a punch in the stomach

‘How does it feels to be Greece’s most hated man?’ The question felt like a punch in the stomach

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles Monday morning, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The missiles were fired from areas around Hwangju country, in North Hwanghae province, towards the Sea of Japan, the Joint Chiefs said in a statement. This comes just under two weeks after Pyongyang test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile. That […]

Hong Kongers flew in from around the world, lined up until the early hours and turned out in record numbers to vote in elections for the city’s parliament Sunday. Now, they’re on tenterhooks as the ballots are counted. Preliminary results suggest that a younger generation of more radical, pro-democracy politicians won a larger-than-expected share of […]

Could the success of a far right party in Germany’s local elections be a harbinger of things to come? The Sunday contest was viewed by many as a referendum on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policy, and her party suffered a significant defeat on Merkel’s home turf. Alternative für Deutschland, or AFD, defeated the Christian Democratic […]

Clayton Kershaw, whose aversion to the disabled list is as deep-seated as anyone in baseball, was asked what he learned from the experience of sitting out these last two months because of a herniated disk in his lower back.

DECORAH, Iowa — Mike Schmidt took the UW-La Crosse football coaching job knowing that some positions needed an immediate talent upgrade for the Eagles to contend this season.

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PHILADELPHIA — For months, the Philadelphia Eagles said they would keep Carson Wentz bubbled-wrapped as their third-string quarterback. He would develop behind Sam Bradford and Chase Daniel, not dress on Sundays and gradually make the transition from FCS college football…

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Brisbane's central train station hasn't had significant removation since the 1990s.

Researchers assess skulls of Mary Rose crew from sinking of 1545

The city police on Sunday arrested Manik Manjhi who posed as a Maoist to make extortion calls to a businessman.Manjhi, a resident of Bankura district of West Bengal, initially demanded Rs 9 lakh from the businessman.

Szigetvár (Hungary) (AFP) - The recent discovery of the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent, considered the greatest Ottoman ruler, has raised hopes of a tourism boom in one of Hungary's most impoverished areas. From hammam baths and crumbling minarets to battle site memorials and ruins of mosques, traces of the country's 150-year-long stretch (1541-1699) in the Ottoman Empire are not hard to find in Hungary. As a result, few of the Ottoman monuments have so far been promoted by the Hungarian authorities. Читать дальше...

Asked six times what specific rule Sam Dastyari had breached, Christoper Pyne said it was a "question of ethics"

Unidentified assailants killed a 50-year-old BJP activist, Arjun Prasad Verma, at Janta-jaridih village under Birni police station of Giridih district on Sunday afternoon.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Brendan Ryan hit a walk-off single with two outs in the 11th inning, as the Salt Lake Bees defeated the Las Vegas 51s 4-3 on Sunday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Brendan Ryan hit a walk-off single with two outs in the 11th inning, as the Salt Lake Bees defeated the Las Vegas 51s 4-3 on Sunday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Brendan Ryan hit a walk-off single with two outs in the 11th inning, as the Salt Lake Bees defeated the Las Vegas 51s 4-3 on Sunday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Brendan Ryan hit a walk-off single with two outs in the 11th inning, as the Salt Lake Bees defeated the Las Vegas 51s 4-3 on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made it clear that effective financial governance requires "full commitment" to act against the corrupt and elimination of "safe havens" for economic offenders as he called on G20 members to break down the web of excessive banking secrecy.