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Peter Dejong / AP Who Shot Down Flight MH17?
The Dutch-led investigating team says the Malaysian Airlines plane was brought down by a missile fired from an area controlled by Russian-backed rebels in Ukraine.
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Reuters Shimon Peres: The Last Link to Israel's Founding Fathers
The former prime minister and president was a first-hand witness and often a central participant in every moment in his country’s history.
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Oded Balilty / AP Shimon Peres, 1923-2016
The former Israeli president died Wednesday at age 93. He’d been hospitalized since September 14 when he suffered a stroke.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Wells Fargo CEO's Financial Punishment
John Stumpf forfeits $41 million in stock awards because of a scandal at his company.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters A Nomination for the First U.S. Ambassador to Cuba in 50 Years
President Obama nominated a longtime diplomat for the top post in the communist country.
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Bassam Khabieh / Reuters The United States's $364 Million Humanitarian Aid to Syria
The announcement brings the total amount of U.S.-pledged assistance to $5.9 billion since Syria’s civil war began.
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John Moore / Getty The Measles-Free Americas
North, Central, and South America are the first region in the world to rid itself of the disease, the Pan American Health Organization says.
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AP Why a Jordanian Writer Was Killed in Amman
The prominent secular activist shared a controversial cartoon mocking the Islamic State on Facebook.
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Buddhika Weerasinghe / Reuters Uncovering the Mystery of a Sri Lankan Journalist's Death
Lasantha Wickrematunge’s body will be exhumed years after he wrote a column saying the government would kill him.
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Reuters The Chinese CEO Accused of Aiding North Korea's Nuclear Program
Ma Xiaohong, the owner of Dandong Hongxiang Industrial Development, allegedly used her company as a front to launder money for Pyongyang.
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Reuters Nine Years for the Cultural Destruction of Timbuktu
The first Islamist militant being tried in The Hague pleaded guilty last month to his crimes and expressed remorse.
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters Another Typhoon Hits Taiwan
This is the third major storm system to make landfall on the island in two weeks.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Strange Tale of Trump's Taxes
During the debate, the Republican nominee seemed to confirm an accusation that he hadn’t paid any income tax, then reversed himself later.
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Steve Mitchell / Reuters An Emotional Send-Off to Jose Fernandez
Wearing his name and number 16, the Miami Marlins saluted their pitcher who died over the weekend.
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Fernando Vergara / AP Peace at Last: The Deal That Ends Colombia's Long Conflict
The president and FARC’s leader used a pen made from a bullet to end the nearly 60-year-old war.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Paul LePage's Binders Full of White People
The Maine governor said blacks and Hispanics from out of state were to blame for drug problems, but his own files show mostly white Mainers being arrested for narcotics.
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Darron Cummings / AP Funding for Body Cameras
The U.S. Department of Justice is giving more than 100 police agencies $20 million for the technology.
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Mike Hutchings / Reuters Why the Washington Monument Will Be Closed Indefinitely
Blame the sole elevator, which needs repair.
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Mike Blake / Reuters A North Carolina Law Will Soon Limit Who Can View Body-Camera Footage
The law, which goes into effect October 1, follows the release of video in the shooting by police of Keith Lamont Scott.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters How Trump Lowered Expectations for the First Debate
Through a combination of working the refs, leaks that made him seem bumbling, and the numbing effects of months of campaigning, the Republican has smoothed his own path.
