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Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station
Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load ...
What's the big deal about private space launches?
The first private spaceship is headed to the International Space Station. Some questions and answers about the cargo mission by Space Exploration ...
Turkey says US favorable to sale of armed drones
President Barack Obama's administration is inclined to sell armed drones to Turkey but has to convince Congress first, Turkey's president told ...
Commando raid followed Honduran drug shooting
The gunfire from a U.S.-backed Honduran anti-drug mission that appears to have targeted civilians by mistake wasn't the only terror that night more ...
Private supply ship rockets toward space station
A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new ...
Private rocket blasts off for space station
A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new ...
China says Pentagon hypes Chinese military threat
China's Defense Ministry has accused the Pentagon of hyping Chinese military power and its threat to Taiwan in a depiction that will ultimately ...
96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing
A Yemeni soldier detonated a bomb hidden in his military uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade, killing 96 fellow soldiers and wounding at ...
Fort Hood bomb plot suspect wears mask in court
A soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops in a restaurant last summer wore a mask in court for the first time Monday as a jury was ...
Survivor: Honduran police fired on passenger boat
Lucio Adan Nelson dozed on a riverboat ferrying him home from a visit with his mother when helicopters appeared overhead and started shooting. He and ...
Chinese activist renews call to fight injustice
A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest, endured a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so ...
Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief
Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war ...
Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US
A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong ...
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second ...
Tight security, gnats for the press corps
Freedom of the press is a bit different at the G-8 summit. At Camp David, a highly secure compound in the woods ringed by layers of security fences, ...
Echoes of Eurozone crisis at NATO meeting
The NATO meeting in Chicago is a chance for alliance leaders to proclaim solidarity and promise success. But the two-day gathering that begins Sunday ...
Global leaders seek to corral Europe crisis
The leaders of eight of the world's biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, seeking to keep Europe's debt crisis from spiraling out ...
Reverberations from drug raid felt in US, Honduras
Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and locals scattered after loading ...
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking a firestorm of criticism ...
US imposes stiff tariffs on China solar panels
The Obama administration moved Thursday to impose stiff new tariffs on solar panels made in China, finding that Chinese companies are improperly ...
Can global leaders help Europe contain crisis?
When leaders from eight of the world's biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, the focus will be on how to prevent Europe's debt ...
Algeria elections look good abroad, bad at home
Algeria overturned the Arab Spring's revolutionary narrative with elections that bolstered the longtime ruling party and dashed Islamists' hopes of ...
Iran warns West against pressure in nuclear talks
Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Thursday his country is seeking "cooperation" from world powers in next week's nuclear talks in Baghdad and warned ...
Study: US clears drugs faster than Europe, Canada
Researchers say the U.S. approved more new medicines in less time than Europe and Canada in the last decade, challenging long-standing criticisms that ...