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Officials: 147 die in attack at university in Kenya

  Local residents donate blood at Garissa hospital, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Al-Shabab gunmen attacked Garissa University College in northeast Kenya early Thursday, targeting Christians and killing at...

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Ambassador: US handed Cambodia to ‘butcher’ 40 years ago

In this April 12, 1975, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia John Gunther Dean carries the American flag from the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia as he arrives at Utapao Air Force Base in Thailand...

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In historic face to face, Obama, Castro vow to turn the page

US President Barack Obama, right, leans over towards Cuban President Raul Castro during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo...

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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials in the U.S. and abroad

 Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: ___ April 22 Los Angeles Times on illegal possession of a gun being a “violent felony”: Twice recently the Supreme Court...

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‘Jon Stewart of Egypt’ eyes next project after Harvard stint

Bassem Youssef, who has been dubbed the Jon Stewart of Egypt for his biting political satire, participates in a discussion of satire and free speech Friday, May 1, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan...

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Boston leaders: Video proves Black suspect not shot in back

Darnell Williams, head of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, left, speaks with reporters during a news conference as Rev. Mark Scott, of the Azusa Christian Community church, right, looks on,...

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On social media, terror suspects left few signs of extremism

Ibrahim Rahim, second from right, brother of shooting victim Usaama Rahim, reacts with a relative during a news conference Thursday, June 4, 2015, in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood in the area where...

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World shocked at enduring racism, gun violence in US

  A note on the sidewalk includes photos of the nine who were killed at a memorial in front of the Emanuel AME Church on Friday, June 19, 2015 in Charleston, S.C.  (Curtis Compton/Atlanta...

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‘Amazing Grace’…Obama delivers passionate race lecture at eulogy

Sen. Clementa Pinckney’s wife Jennifer Pinckney, right, and daughters Eliana, left, and Malana walk in for his funeral service, Friday, June 26, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.  (AP Photo/David Goldman)...

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Invoking Iraq War, Obama brushes off Iran deal critics

President Barack Obama addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Obama says the people criticizing the...

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Obama: Kenya at ‘crossroads’ between peril and promise

President Barack Obama delivers a speech at Safaricom Indoor Arena, Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Nairobi. On the final day of his visit in Kenya, Obama laid out his vision for Kenya’s future, and broad...

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Uncompromising Bishop of Sudan Macram Max Gassis an “angry, frustrated shepherd”

BISHOP MACRAM MAX GASSIS BLESSING THE PEOPLE “Come and see us, come and touch us, come and put your hands around us, and caress us.”—Bishop Macram Max Gassis “There are many men who make the wise...

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African migrant dies after Israeli guard shoots him, mob attacks

SHOT AND ATTACKED BY MOB–In this Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015 file photo, Mulu Haptom Zerhom, a wounded Eritrean, is evacuated from the scene of an attack in Beersheba, Israel. I(AP Photo/Dudu Grunshpan,...

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As world mourns Paris, many in Mideast see double-standard

In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 file photo, Adraa Taleb holds the hand of her maternal cousin Haidar Mustafa, three, who was wounded in Thursday’s twin suicide bombings, as he sleeps on a bed at the...

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Despite Paris, Obama rejects calls for shift in ISIS fight

President Barack Obama talks during a news conference at the end of the G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. . (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel) ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — President Barack Obama on...

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Bowl Bonanza: All the matchups for 2015 bowls

Clemson football quarterback Deshaun Watson, left, and offensive guard Eric Mac Lain celebrate during a pizza party celebrating Selection Sunday at Memorial Stadium, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Clemson,...

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US Muslims struggle with how they should condemn extremism

In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015 file photo, Aly Kamel, an imam from the Bronx Muslim Center, holds a Quran before reading from it during a news conference in New York. Kamel joined other religious and...

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Muslims decry Trump’s proposal to keep them out of US

An Iranian woman celebrates her birthday with her friend at a cafe in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a...

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3 stabbed when violence erupts at KKK rally in California

A Ku Klux Klansman, left, fights a counter protester for an American flag after members of the KKK tried to start a “White Lives Matter” rally at Pearson Park in Anaheim on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016....

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‘Islam for Dummies’: IS recruits have poor grasp of faith

This undated file image posted on an extremist website on Jan. 14, 2014, shows fighters from the Islamic State group marching in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant photo via AP, File) PARIS (AP) _ The jihadi...

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