Turkey calls a special Nato meeting to discuss military operations against the Islamic State group and Kurdish PKK separatists.
Missing Florida teens’ boat found overturned and empty
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon found an overturned and empty boat belonging to two teenage boys who went missing off the Florida coast during a fishing expedition two days ago, the service said.
U.S. Senate backs Ex-Im Bank renewal in procedural vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Sunday to advance legislation that would revive the federal Export-Import Bank, whose charter expired on June 30 and was not renewed by Congress, with conservative Republicans pushing to shut down the bank for good.
McGraw Hill near $2 billion deal for SNL Financial -source
July 26 (Reuters) – McGraw Hill Financial Inc is nearing a deal to pay more than $2 billion for SNL Financial LC, a financial data and information company owned by private equity firm New Mountain…
U.S. candidate Huckabee: Obama marching Israelis to ‘door of the oven’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has denounced the deal reached by the United States and other world powers on Iran’s nuclear program by saying President Barack Obama is marching Israelis “to the door of the oven,” a reference to the Holocaust.
Missouri man kills father by lying on his head to ‘prove a point’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – A Missouri man was charged Sunday with murdering his 74-year-old father by lying on his head until the man lost consciousness, to prove “how big and bad” he was, authorities said.
Child bomber hits Nigerian city
Nigerian police say a girl aged about 10 has carried out a suicide bombing in the city of Damaturu, killing at least 16 people.
USA make World mixed-synchro history
Synchronised swimming events featuring men and women are the “future” say the winners of the event’s first World Championship gold.