Voice of America: E. Ukraine Rebel Chief Calls for Broad Mobilization

MIDDLE EAST

Government airstrikes kill dozens across Syria .

Syrian Kurds push back Islamic State around Kobani: monitor, Kurds .

Kurdish fighters in Iraq struggle to hold gains against IS .

US, allies plan tough battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State.

Jordan vows 'all efforts' to secure pilot's release .

Kerry: Qatar is major partner in anti-IS coalition .

Ankara rocked by explosions, Turkish President apparently targeted .

Yemen's Shiite rebels demand their militia join army, police .

Israel welcomes Egypt's blacklisting of Hamas's military wing .

ASIA

US and N. Korea in ‘secret efforts’ to return to talks – reports .

Russia, China back India’s inclusion in expanded APEC .

Partial Afghan cabinet starts work .

Japan's leader defends handling of hostage crisis . Working with global community only way to fight terrorism: Japan PM.

After Obama visit, India's Modi heads to China by end of May .

Democracy activists plan future rallies in Hong Kong .

Pakistani teachers arming selves in wake of school massacre .

Security tightened in Thailand after mall blasts .

China tells U.S. it's against Obama meeting Dalai Lam a.

AFRICA

Kenya teachers strike fearing al-Shabab attacks .

Egypt court designates Hamas military wing a terrorist group .

South Sudan's warring sides sign another ceasefire deal .

Ugandan LRA commander Okot Odhimabo's 'grave found' .

Nigerian military repels Boko Haram attack on key city .

Nigerian President escapes blast by minutes . Deadly car bomb explodes in Nigeria's Gombe after Jonathan rally . Nigerian leaders must not stir up electoral violence: war crimes court .

Egyptian court sentences 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death .

Tunisian PM-designate proposes new coalition cabinet .

Africa losing billions from fraud and tax avoidance .

EUROPE

Exclusive: Russia, Ukraine in indirect talks over key Black Sea air corridor - sources .

Rebels pound Ukrainian troops after peace talks fail .

Ukraine troops fight to avoid being surrounded by rebels .

Ukraine rebel leader Zakharchenko 'wants 100,000 men' . Ukraine rebels plan call-up, want 100,000-strong army .

Obama’s words on power transition in Ukraine confirm US involvement in state coup — Lavrov . Ukraine peace proponents should promote direct dialogue between Kiev, DPR, LPR — Lavrov .

West must be ready for long standoff with Russia: NATO official .

Dutch search team recovers remains, MH17 wreckage in Ukraine .

Merkel to visit Obama and Canada's Harper to ready G7 summit .

Greece rules out aid from Russia, argues case in Europe .

Greece’s anti-austerity drive gets boost from Washington .

Bosnia region debates fines, prison for 'offensive' social media posts .

Croatia cancels debt of 60,000 among country's poor .

Alexander Litvinenko was 'a paid consultant' for MI6 .

Four surviving Magna Carta copies on show together after 800 years .

AMERICAS

Report: More than 20,000 Cubans attempted to enter U.S. in 2014, most in a decade .

Budget battle lines drawn as Obama will present plan to Republican Congress . Obama’s $4 trillion budget sets up fight with Congress .

Venezuelan shop owners arrested over long queues .

Maduro accuses Joe Biden of ‘bloody coup’ in Venezuela .

Mexican opium farmers expand plots to supply US heroin boom .

US oil workers on largest national strike since 1980 .

Measles cases in California soar .

A questionable decision to pass, a brawl and other key Super Bowl moments .

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Yemeni Al-Qaeda says France replaced US as ‘main enemy of Islam’ .

Yemen drone strike kills four al Qaeda suspects .

Obama: US 'doing exactly what we should be doing' in ISIS fight .

Obama's goal to destroy ISIS 'unrealistic, unattainable' – Robert Gates .

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Apple announces $2B global command center in Arizona .

Russian, Chinese rating agencies to rival S&P, Moody’s, Fitch .

Obama will propose mandatory tax on US companies' earnings held overseas . Obama plans tax on US firms overseas to fix roads at home .

Oil prices rebound on signs of output cuts .