Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release
The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months ...
Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons
Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other ...
Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado
About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of ...
DOD poised to trim furlough days, add exemptions
After weeks of debate and number-crunching, the Defense Department announced plans Tuesday to furlough about 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 ...
Syria-linked group blamed in Turkey blasts; 43 die
In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 ...
Mini-stroke could limit Algeria president ambition
The mini-stroke suffered by Algeria's president has cast fresh doubt on his perceived ambition to run for a fourth term next year as leader of one of ...
Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front
Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil ...
Israeli focus on Syria gives Hagel respite on Iran
On Chuck Hagel's inaugural visit to Israel as U.S. defense secretary, Syria surpassed Iran as the security threat of greatest urgency to the U.S.
Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior ...
Syrian war increasingly drawing in Lebanon
As fighting rages just across the border, Lebanese are giving signs of joining the battle on rival sides of Syria's civil war — Sunnis on the side of ...
Israeli official: Syria's Assad used chemical arms
A senior Israeli military intelligence official said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons last month in his battle ...
House passes pro-business cybersecurity bill
Pro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House on Thursday despite a White House ...
Alaska-based soldier gets 16 years in spy case
An Alaska-based military policeman will serve 16 years in prison and will be dishonorably discharged for selling secrets to an FBI undercover agent ...
Despite tensions, NKorea readies for festivities
As the world watches to see what North Korea's next move will be in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship with the United States, residents of its ...
Officials: Pentagon looks to cut furlough days
Senior Pentagon leaders are taking another look at sharply reducing the number of unpaid furlough days that department civilians will have to take in ...
House committee approves pro-business cyber bill
A House panel voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of a new data-sharing program that would give the federal government a broader role in helping ...
Hawaii is a spot for sun, surf - and spies
Clandestine agents. Foreign spies. Intelligence. Hawaii is better known for sunbathing on the beach or surfing than high-stakes sleuthing. But the ...
Defense Department says it will delay furloughs
The Defense Department will delay furlough notices for its civilian employees for about two weeks while officials analyze the impact of a new spending ...
Israel: Assad ready to use chemical weapons
Israel's military intelligence chief says Syria's embattled president, Bashar Assad, is preparing to use chemical weapons. Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi told ...
Erratic North Korea poses serious threat
An erratic North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and increasingly belligerent tone, poses a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations, ...
Turkey links Syria to deadly car bombing at border
Turkey's interior minister blamed Syria's intelligence agencies and its army for involvement in a car bombing at a border crossing last month that ...
Egypt's leader mulls army takeover of restive city
A security agency headquarters was set on fire as protesters battled police for a third straight day in Port Said on Tuesday, and Egypt's Islamist ...
48 Syrian soldiers killed in Iraq ambush
Dozens of Syrian soldiers who had crossed into Iraq for refuge were ambushed Monday with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack ...
How budget cuts could affect you
Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the ...
Private US firms take major role vs. cyberattacks
When Kevin Mandia, a retired military cybercrime investigator, decided to expose China as a primary threat to U.S. computer networks, he didn't have ...
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