Bursts of laughter. Young men playing ping-pong. Battles of the bands. In a Northern Ireland determined to put conflict behind it, the Links teen center bridges the divide between Catholic and Protestant teens in this struggling town, giving them something to do, an alternative to streets that offer drugs and violence.

Philippine police commandos killed an Abu Sayyaf commander linked to last year's kidnapping of Red Cross workers and gunned down two other militants in a clash in the south, officials said Sunday.

This Saturday, Feb. 21, 2010 file photo shows newly appointed president of the Russia's violence-wracked region of Dagestan, Magomedsalam Magomedov seen during his inauguration ceremony.

Coats is going after the very foundation of Ellsworth's campaign: the tough-guy image that comes from his time as Vanderburgh County Sheriff INDIANAPOLIS a ' For the last week, the hottest topic of discussion in a U.S. Senate race in Indiana that was previously all about domestic issues has become foreign policy.A The change happened because ...

When Westport resident and Middle East specialist Alfred Gerteiny, Ph.D authored The Terrorist Conjunction a ' the United States, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and al Qa'ida , who could have suspected it would cause such controversy? But with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sitting down with ...

Federal investigators are offering a $20,000 reward to anyone who can help identify the person or persons responsible for setting fire to construction equipment at the site of a future mosque south of Murfreesboro.