* US-backed Afghan militias murder and rape their way through Afghanistan. * Kerry says he doesn't want to return home without securing a ceasefire. * America lifts ban on flights to Israel. * By "mowing the grass," Israel hopes to exhaust Hamas through attrition, with modest gains and acceptable
A Marxist upbringing, graduating into a recession, and a lineage of missed opportunities make a brutal combination.
* Classified images support the likelihood a surface-to-air missile fired from rebel-held Ukraine brought down MH17. * Today two Ukrainian fighter jets were shot down by pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine. * One child has been killed in Gaza every hour for the past two days. * Palestinder publishes screenshots
London traffic, bladder control, and a runaway Cordelia challenge a mostly wool production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear.”
* With Israel and Hamas each dedicated to the other's destruction, a two-state solution is very far away. * Three takeaways from the demise of Kerry’s attempt to broker an agreement between Israel and the PA. * Hamas tells the Palestinians a simple truth: freedom comes at the cost
Three near-drownings elucidate the wisdom of a 17th-century guide to swimming safety and technique.
* Amid shelling and carnage in Ukraine, Dutch forensics experts reach the MH17 passengers' remains. * Malaysia Airlines' flight path was considered safe and legal and was well-traversed by other airlines earlier that week. * Russian media ambushes accusations its missile downed MH17, offers a platform for experts' conspiracy
Photographer Catherine Leutenegger chronicles the decline of the Eastman Kodak Corporation and the city built by Big Yellow.
* Washington believes Moscow's behind the downing of a plane over eastern Ukraine; EU powers say wait and see. * Ukraine releases audio from what it says are phone calls between rebels and Russian officers. * Palestinians killed since start of invasion now stands at 28, with some 150 targets hit
In search of a remedy for MS, a journey out of the gridlock of America’s health system and into the jungles of Belize, where medicine men promise cures for everything that ails you.
