Red Sox miss tag, lose to Astros 5-3 in 10 innings
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox lost two leads, two challenges and eventually the game. Houston ended Boston’s four-game winning streak by rallying past the Red Sox 5-3 in 10 innings on Friday night, giving the Astros their first victory at Fenway Park. The Red Sox nearly got out of a jam in the... read more »
No Russian troops in humanitarian convoy, Moscow tells US
Russian defence minister assured US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel on Friday that the humanitarian convoy Moscow sent to Ukraine is not carrying any Russian troops, the Pentagon said. Mr. Hagel and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Shoygu, spoke over telephone, Efe quoted Defence Department... read more »
Perry indictment exposes Texas’ political divide
AUSTIN — A grand jury has indicted Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts of abuse of power for making good on a veto threat — a case the possible 2016 presidential hopeful is dismissing as nakedly political, but which his opponents say is just deserts. The indictments for abuse... read more »
Devil in the detail as Yazidis look to Kurds in withstanding Islamic radica...
Whether you approach it from the west, across the dry steppe of northern Iraq, or from the east, through the bare mountains of Kurdistan, Lalish shocks you with its sudden lush beauty. There, in the last folds of the Zagros mountains, the little- known Yazidi faith maintains the tomb of its founder... read more »
