
Senator says military plagued by sexual assaults
The sexual battery arrest of the Air Force officer who led the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit underscores how far the Defense ...
Chicago case alleges ties to North Korea
A Taiwanese businessman long suspected of ties to North Korea and his son have been charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a U.S. ban on the export ...

Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east
Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops ...

Kenyan court sentences 2 Iranians to life in jail
A Kenyan court on Monday sentenced two Iranian nationals convicted of plotting attacks against Western targets to life in prison. Ahmad Abolfathi ...

Libya bans Gadhafi-era officials from state posts
Under pressure from armed militias, Libya's parliament passed a sweeping law Sunday that bans anyone who served as a senior official under Moammar ...
Zimbabwe army chief: No talks with prime minister
Zimbabwe's army commander said he would not speak to the nation's prime minister, describing him as a "sellout" and a "psychiatric patient," reported ...

Syrian rebels enter northern air base
Rebels occupied Sunday parts of a military air base in northern Syria after days of fighting with government troops who have been defending the ...
French ballistic missile test launch fails
A French ballistic missile test has ended in failure after the missile destroyed itself just minutes after its launch from a nuclear submarine off the ...

Readying new Syria push, US feels out Russia again
The Obama administration is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh ...

Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma
A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday.
US orders new visa checks for arriving students
The U.S. Homeland Security Department ordered border agents to verify that every international student who arrives in the country has a valid student ...

SAfrica: officials suspended over wedding scandal
Five South African officials, including police and military commanders, have been suspended after a chartered plane carrying about 200 guests from ...

Indonesia says 2 arrested for Myanmar Embassy plot
Hours after Indonesia announced it had foiled an alleged plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, hundreds of hard-line Muslims gathered outside ...
UN OKs political nation-building Somalia mission
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a nation-building mission to Somalia to help the long-troubled African nation restore a functioning ...
Kenya court: 2 Iranians guilty of terror plot
Two Iranian nationals, whom officials accused of planning to attack Western targets inside Kenya, were found guilty Thursday by a Kenyan court of ...

Chinese incursion leaves India on verge of crisis
The platoon of Chinese soldiers slipped across the boundary into India in the middle of the night, according to Indian officials. They were ferried ...

Official: Arrested student entered US without visa
One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in ...

AP Interview: Sunni Iraq official criticizes force
The Sunni head of a committee established to investigate deadly clashes that erupted at a protest camp in Iraq last week said Wednesday that he ...
Congo's M23 rebels say peace talks in trouble
The Congolese rebel movement M23 has suspended peace talks with Congo's government, a rebel spokesman said Wednesday, increasing fears of renewed ...

Pakistan-US alliance takes hits on campaign trail
On the campaign trail in Pakistan, candidates boast about their readiness to stand up to Washington and often tout their anti-American credentials.

Obama: US reviews whether intel missed in bombing
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. will review whether any sensitive intelligence was missed that could have prevented the deadly ...
Military court reverses suicide attempt conviction
The U.S. military's highest court has reversed a discharged Marine's criminal conviction for slitting his wrists in a case that raised questions about ...

Congo's M23 rebels threaten new UN brigade
Rebels in eastern Congo said Tuesday they are getting ready to fight a new United Nations brigade that will be allowed for the first time to pursue ...
Obama: Boston review designed to prevent attacks
President Barack Obama says a national security review following the Boston Marathon bombings will look at whether there is more the government can ...
VA withholds disability claims executives' bonuses
The Department of Veterans Affairs is withholding bonuses for senior officials who oversee disability claims, citing a failure to meet performance ...