UN, US ask Filipinos not to leave Golan Heights
| |Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2013
MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations and the U.S. have separately asked the Philippines not to withdraw its more than 300 peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, warning of "maximum volatility" in the region after several other countries decided to pull out their peacekeeping forces amid escalating violence, the Philippines' top diplomat said Wednesday.
US tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects
| |Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants.
One of US FBI's most wanted nabbed in Mexico
| |Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2013
CANCUN, Mexico — Mexican authorities have arrested a former university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen.
Dominguez's slam leads Astros past Brewers 10-1
| |Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2013
HOUSTON — The Milwaukee Brewers were done in by their mistakes on Tuesday night.
Dominguez's slam leads Astros past Brewers 10-1
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
HOUSTON — Matt Dominguez hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs to back another solid performance by Jordan Lyles, and the Houston Astros rolled to a 10-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.
UCLA defeats Wolfpack 2-1 at College World Series
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
OMAHA, Neb. — Never has a team swinging metal bats produced so few runs through two College World Series games yet found itself in such an enviable position.
Altidore scores, US beats Honduras 1-0
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
SANDY, Utah — No amount of tight defense could keep Jozy Altidore from doing what he does best.
Oklahoma executes inmate for couple's 2000 deaths
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago.
Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
LOS ANGELES — Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family.
North Carolina ousts Tigers from CWS with 4-2 win
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
OMAHA, Neb. — An LSU team that came to the College World Series as one of the top offensive clubs in the nation left town wondering how it could have scored only three runs in two losses.
