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The Islamic State group’s takeover of the Iraqi provincial capital Ramadi has prompted criticism from Defense Secretary Ash Carter and raised new questions about the Obama administration’s strategy to defeat the extremist
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced yesterday to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a U.S. supporter, capping the dramatic downfall of a man who
Born to an electrical engineer, and later a precocious and dashing young man who attained an Ivy League education, John Nash seemed destined for a life of stunning success. That he achieved,
The Minister of Fuel and Power, Philip Noel-Baker, told the House of Commons rationing would be abolished because two American companies had agreed a deal to supply oil in return
Turkmenistan has unveiled a grandiose gold-leafed statue of the president carrying a dove and riding atop a horse — a move aimed at burnishing the leader’s burgeoning personality cult. The 21-meter
CHINA is contributing 600 personnel, including 49 from the military, to multinational disaster relief exercises in Malaysia, the first time it has taken part in such an effort, the Defense
The National Security Agency has begun winding down its collection and storage of American phone records after the Senate failed to agree on a path forward to change or extend
Police in riot gear made more than a dozen arrests as crowds protested the acquittal of a white Ohio patrolman who fired through the windshield of a suspect’s car at
They hugged, they cheered, they cried at the news. Celebrations rocked Dublin, the Irish capital, into the wee hours yesterday after citizens voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage — a
The largest proportion of this would be spent on researching and developing ways of getting an American on the Moon by the end of the decade. “I believe that this
A Polish brown bear went a wooing, little knowing that scientists were following all the way. Starting from the Tatra Mountains, the bear crossed borders and a highway as it covered
CHINA A Beijing court yesterday sentenced two young men to up to five months in jail for dangerous driving after they crashed a Lamborghini and a Ferrari in a late-night
Britain’s High Court has awarded actress Sadie Frost, sports star Paul Gascoigne and a group of other claimants some 1.2 million pounds (USD1.8 million) in damages after their phones were
Islamic State militants overran the famed archaeological site at Palmyra early yesterday, just hours after seizing the central Syrian town, activists and officials said, raising concerns the extremists might destroy
Qatar is failing to deliver on reforms for its migrant workers a year after the wealthy Gulf nation announced plans to improve conditions for low-paid laborers building its highways, hotels,
More than 22,700 liters of oil had been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 15 kilometers of California coast in a cleanup effort that is now
He was given a modest welcome as he stepped off the plane at Vnukovo airport with his wife earlier today. The welcome party consisted of Soviet president Nikolai Podgorny, Prime Minister
Casper news station KCWY-TV reports (bit.ly/1R28xfi) that Steven “Layzie Bone” Howse was heading to a concert in Riverton last week to promote his new album “Perfect Timing” when he saw
Princess Leonor, heir to the Spanish throne, has celebrated her first communion in a low-key ceremony that broke with tradition. First communions have long been major social occasions for the Spanish
AFGHANISTAN At least a dozen Afghan police officers are killed in a series of insurgent attacks on checkpoints in the country’s southern Uruzgan province. PAKISTAN’s military says its jets have carried
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