iStock/Thinkstock(KOBANI, Syria) — There is intense fighting on multiple fronts Thursday in Syria as ISIS has mounted a fierce new offensive on Kobani and against Syrian government forces. It comes as ISIS is under attack around its stronghold in Raqqa. Reports Read More
PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images(PARIS) — Travelers in France would have been better off using rail service to get to the airport Thursday morning. Across the country, 2 800 taxi drivers are on strike in a protest against Uber, briefly blocking access to airports Read More
PatrickPoendl/iStock/Thinkstock(MATAMOROS, Mexico) — The State Department said on Wednesday that criminals in Mexico hijacked a U.S. truck carrying over 11,500 border crossing cards, forms of identification issued to Mexican citizens used as a sort of visa required Read More
DAJ/Thinkstock(ISTANBUL) — The Islamic State has reportedly destroyed two ancient mausoleums in Syria. The shrines are in the city of Palmyra, which the extremists seized last month. However, the Islamic State has reportedly not damaged any of the Roman ruins in the Read More
claudiodivizia/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Even the Queen of England has to worry about home repairs. Queen Elizabeth II may have to start packing as the heavy-duty remodeling work gets going at Buckingham Palace. In desperate need of renovations, the Read More
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A hacker kingpin has returned to the U.S. to face charges in a scheme to siphon cash from ATMs all over the world. The thieves struck in coordinated fashion February 19, 2013, hacking into banks, copying debit card Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Confederate battle flag is viewed by many as a “deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive past,” as described on Monday by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, but that hasn’t stopped people outside the United Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — ISIS has released what is perhaps its most gruesome execution video yet. In the seven-and-a-half minute clip, Islamic State fighters kill at least 16 men in Iraq by drowning them in a cage, burning them alive in a car and detonating Read More
AbleStock.com/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A man in China is counting his lucky stars after a huge saw blade came crashing onto a highway and right into his car, and he survived. The man, identified only as Mr. Xiang, was driving on Chongqing-Guizhou Expressway in Central Read More
ABC News(ROME) — It was just past dawn in the Mediterranean Sea when a search and rescue team spotted a small vessel in distress, dangerously packed with 500 people and speeding towards the Italian coast. “Each hour that ticks by, their life is on the Read More
