The U.S. military has been waging periodic drone strikes against al-Qaida in Yemen for years. A series of airstrikes and a ground raid have intensified the campaign over the past month.
U.S. emissions of smog-forming pollutants have dropped, but smog levels in the western U.S. have increased each year. Now, researchers say, they've found out why — it's wafting from across the Pacific Ocean.
Authorities believe "there are a significant number of children's remains" at the home run by the Bon Secours nuns from the 1920s to the 1960s in the town of Tuam.
A U.N. commission accuses Russian-backed Syrian forces and rebel factions of war crimes in Aleppo. Civilians "were increasingly left vulnerable to repeated violations by all sides," the report says.
Nearly half a million South Sudanese have fled into northern Uganda since last July, carrying with them signs of abuse, famine and tales of ethnic violence.
Steve Inskeep talks to former NATO commander General Philip Breedlove, who says Europeans seem to have gotten the administration's message that they need to spend more on their own defense.
It was once called the "trial of the century" in Egyptian media. But during the six years since it started, Egypt has seen a dramatic shift in its political landscape.