Man Killed in Suspected London Terrorist Attack
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Two attackers savagely killed a man believed to be a British soldier just outside army barracks in southeast London, telling eyewitnesses the killing was “an eye for an eye…because Muslims are dying by British soldie…
Duchess Kate Shows Baby Bump at Queen’s Garden Party
Toby Melville – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — The countdown is on for Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton’s July delivery, and with every public appearance the duchess looks more like a mom-to-be.On Wednesday the duchess’ seven-months-pr…
Ai Weiwei Heavy Metal Video Rants Against State Control
aiweiwei.com(BEIJING) — The opening moments of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s new video (available on the artist’s website) set the tone for the next five minutes and 13 seconds. Against pounding guitar chords reminiscent of a Metallica classi…
In Apparent Anti-Gay Protest, Man Commits Suicide in Notre Dame
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(PARIS) — The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was evacuated and closed for four hours on Tuesday after a man shot himself dead near the altar. Dominique Venner, a 78-year-old French historian, entered the cathedral Tuesday an…
Iraq’s Spate of Sectarian Violence Continues
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD) — Deadly attacks driven by sectarian tensions slowed somewhat in Iraq on Tuesday, although officials there say that bombings still took the lives of 20 people while injuring at least 100 others.The death toll during six…
Iraq’s Spate of Sectarian Violence Continues
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD) — Deadly attacks driven by sectarian tensions slowed somewhat in Iraq on Tuesday, although officials there say that bombings still took the lives of 20 people while injuring at least 100 others.The death toll during six…
UN-Arab League Envoy Has Hopes for Syrian Peace Summit
ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO) — The United Nations-Arab League mediator in charge of trying to find a solution to the two-year conflict in Syria expressed optimism on Tuesday that officials from President Bashar al-Assad’s government and repre…
UN-Arab League Envoy Has Hopes for Syrian Peace Summit
ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO) — The United Nations-Arab League mediator in charge of trying to find a solution to the two-year conflict in Syria expressed optimism on Tuesday that officials from President Bashar al-Assad’s government and repre…
Group Condemns Prosecution of Afghan Women for ‘Moral Crimes’
Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Human Rights Watch on Tuesday decried the latest surge of “moral crimes” in Afghanistan, in which women and girls are actually punished for offenses perpetrated against them by men.The watchdog group pointed to th…
Iran Rejects Ahmadinejad’s Possible Successor
ABC/Donna Svennevik(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s pick to succeed him won’t be doing that.Iran’s Guardian Council decided on Tuesday that Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close presidential aide whose daughter happens to be m…
New Evidence of Iran Support to Assad, While Congress Moves to Arm Rebels
WOLFGANG KUMM/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The United States has new evidence that Iran and Hezbollah have direct involvement with the Syrian regime, a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry in O…
US Lawmakers Traveling to Russia to Investigate Boston Bombing
FBI(MOSCOW) — A delegation of American lawmakers will travel to Russia next week in part to investigate last month’s Boston Marathon bombings, ABC News has learned.The group, led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., wants to find out why a 2011 R…
Syria Fires at Israeli Vehicle, Raising Fears
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(TEL AVIV) — The Syrian military said on Tuesday that it fired on an Israeli army jeep in the contested Golan Heights in the early hours of the morning, destroying it.Israel said the jeep was slightly damaged and there were…
Hotel Offers 24-Carat Gold iPads
KARIM SAHIB/AFP/GettyImages(DUBAI) — A hotel that bills itself as the world’s most luxurious is giving guests the ultimate in over-the-top amenities: a 24-carat gold iPad at check in.Dubai’s Burj Al Arab hotel claims to be the first in the…
Nearly 100 Deaths in Multiple Iraq Bombings
Iraqi Prime Minister office via Getty Images(BAGHDAD) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is accusing some lawmakers of fueling the latest sectarian unrest that’s responsible for close to 250 deaths in his country over a five-day period.The Shiite …
Did Pope Francis Perform Exorcism on Teen?
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(ROME) — Claims that Pope Francis performed an exorcism on a disabled teenager in St. Peter’s Square after mass on Sunday have led to denials from the Vatican.The Catholic TV2000 filmed the pope blessing children with disabilit…
Hezbollah Heavily Involved in Key Syrian Battle
Scott Peterson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The battle for the Western Syrian city of Qusayr is being described by both sides as the possible turning point of the two-year civil war.What makes this conflict different from other cities where fighting conti…
Oscar Pistorius Will Not Compete As He Awaits Trial
Herman Verwey/City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images(PRETORIA, South Africa) — Oscar Pistorius’s agent says the international athlete known as “Blade Runner,” who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, will not compete again this year as he fights to c…
Oscar Pistorius Will Not Compete As He Awaits Trial
Herman Verwey/City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images(PRETORIA, South Africa) — Oscar Pistorius’s agent says the international athlete known as “Blade Runner,” who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, will not compete again this year as he fights to c…
Report: Terror Attack Thwarted in Russia
Creatas/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claims to have cornered a group of suspected militants in the town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, east of Moscow, thwarting a possible terror attack, according to Russian news reports. Th…