Craig Taylor

The attack, which the government blamed on rebels, left 5.5 million people in Damascus without water.
BBC News – Middle East

The state prosecutor says ‘Veracruz is an enormous mass grave’ as scores of skulls are found.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Turkish president shows no sign of ending his angry tirade at the Netherlands.
BBC News – Europe

Scott Marsden received medical attention during the title bout but died later in hospital.
BBC News – UK

New York and New Jersey are among those regions to declare states of emergency.
BBC News – US & Canada

Doctors will receive increased allowances as negotiations on other issues continue.
BBC News – Africa

Brandon Dixon was going to be the last batter Kendall Graveman faced regardless of the outcome, but it’s the outcome that will sit with Graveman the next four days.Graveman was capped at 70 pitches Monday, and […]

At this stage of the season, every NBA team is trying to lock into playing its best possible brand of basketball.
Oklahoma City Thunder

From the day after his 18th birthday, when he signed as a first-round pick until a rather sudden departure last November, Trevor Plouffe’s professional life was spent in a Minnesota Twins uniform, and his Spring […]

Glut of properties behind slide in average monthly rent for newly let properties, says Countrywide.
BBC News – Business

Brett McGurk said the last road out of Mosul had been cut off, trapping so-called Islamic State.
BBC News – Middle East

A runaway bus veers into a crowd in Haiti, killing at least 34 people in Gonaives, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany’s foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would “return to its senses”.
BBC News – Europe

Northern, Southern rail and Merseyrail staff are taking action over plans for driver-only trains.
BBC News – UK

Iowa congressman Steve King is blasted after praising the Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders.
BBC News – US & Canada

Police allege the car-jacking was invented after the baby is found with the mother’s boyfriend.
BBC News – Africa

Serving up cold favorites like Bordeaux Cherry Amaretto and Strawberry Banana, Thunder teammates Steven Adams and Andre Roberson spent Su
Oklahoma City Thunder

Max Schrock’s RBI double in the ninth inning gave the A’s a 8-7 victory over the Rangers. Ryon Healy added a home run for Oakland. Ryan Rua had a two-run single for the Rangers.
OAK Homepage News

In each of the previous two fourth quarters against the Utah Jazz, Russell Westbrook scored 14 points in the final frame to seal the vict
Oklahoma City Thunder

Markets which track US interest rate expectations give a near 100% likelihood of a rise next week.
BBC News – Business