Iran Confirms Firing at US Drone
Erik Simonsen/Getty(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran has confirmed that it used warplanes to fire at a U.S. drone over a week ago. Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Friday that the country’s armed forces took “smart and firm” action when an unidentified …
Iranian Fighter Jets Fire on US Predator Drone
File photo. U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon disclosed Thursday that an unarmed U.S. military Predator surveillance drone was fired at by Iranian military jets last week in international airspace over t…
Kenyan Village Cheers Obama Victory as ‘More Meaningful’ Than the First
TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images(KOGELO, Kenya) – Toward the end of an all-night election dance party in this rural village that claims President Barack Obama as a “son of the land,” an exhausted crowd sat shivering under shawls and blan…
Russia Takes Swipe at US Democracy Ahead of Election
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Moscow’s Foreign Ministry took a shot at American democracy on Wednesday.“The #US lectures the world on democracy and human rights, but looks only to its own laws when flaws in its voting system are pointed…
Russia Takes Swipe at US Democracy Ahead of Election
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Moscow’s Foreign Ministry took a shot at American democracy on Wednesday.“The #US lectures the world on democracy and human rights, but looks only to its own laws when flaws in its voting system are pointed…
Americans Slip From Minnesota to Somali Terror Group, FBI Says
File photo. SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Young American men continue to slip through a terrorist recruiting pipeline from the homeland to join the ranks of jihadists half a world away in East Africa, with two going as recently as three …
Americans Slip From Minnesota to Somali Terror Group, FBI Says
File photo. SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Young American men continue to slip through a terrorist recruiting pipeline from the homeland to join the ranks of jihadists half a world away in East Africa, with two going as recently as three …
Russia Calls for Greater Access to Its Children Adopted into US Families
MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian authorities have reiterated their demand for full access to Russian children adopted by American families. They cite authority to do so enshrined in a new adoption agreement with the United States,…
Russia Calls for Greater Access to Its Children Adopted into US Families
MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian authorities have reiterated their demand for full access to Russian children adopted by American families. They cite authority to do so enshrined in a new adoption agreement with the United States,…
Could Election Day Be Postponed After Superstorm?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Superstorm Sandy has given rise to suspensions in campaigning by both President Obama and GOP contender Mitt Romney, but could it actually delay Election Day?In theory, yes, but in all likelihood, no.The Constituti…
Bill and Hillary Clinton Share Romantic Moment in Haiti
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As President Obama and Mitt Romney faced off in their final debate about foreign policy, two of America’s most experienced global politicians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband former Presiden…
Drug Lord’s Pregnant Daughter Caught Sneaking into US, Feds Say
Facebook(SAN DIEGO) — The pregnant daughter of Mexico’s most famous and elusive drug lord has been caught trying to use false papers to sneak into the U.S. and give birth, say officials.Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar, 31, was arrested on Friday a…
Two Sailors Arrested for Alleged Rape in Okinawa
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(OKINAWA, Japan) — Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested in Okinawa for the alleged rape of a local woman. The arrests come at a rocky time for the U.S. military presence on Okinawa, which is home to half of the 50,0…
Cubans Will Be Able to Leave Island Without Permit Next Year
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(HAVANA) — Cuba will no longer ask its citizens to secure exit permits when they want to travel outside the Communist island.The state-run newspaper Granma, reported on Tuesday that this change in regulations is part of a broader…
Guantanamo Court Chaos Replaced by Order
Comstock/Thinkstock(GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba) — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants charged in the 9/11 terror attacks were back before a military judge in Guantanamo Monday, and the proceedings bore little resemblance to their last, chaotic …
Bullied Canadian Teen Leaves Behind YouTube Video
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A Canadian teenager posted a heartbreaking video on YouTube chronicling years of bullying in school and online, detailing her cutting and humiliation up until she died this week. Amanda Todd, 15, posted the video called “My story:…
New Zetas Cartel Leader Violent ‘to the Point of Sadism’
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The new head of the Zetas drug cartel is a former Dallas resident who is labeled as a traitor by many of his own cartel soldiers and mocked as an ex-”car washer” by his enemies. But he has risen to power thanks t…
Battle for the Arctic: Oil Drilling Still Faces Environmental Concerns
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The bottom of the Chukchi Sea, off Alaska’s north shore, is one of the most hotly contested places under the sea.It is here that Shell Oil, Co., is looking for oil and Greenpeace is trying to stop them.The oil giant …
Narcoboss ‘Commander Squirrel’ Linked to American’s Mystery Death on Falcon Lake
ABC News / Google Earth(NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico) — Mexican authorities have arrested an alleged drug cartel leader known as Commander Squirrel who they say is linked to the 2010 murder of American jet skier David Hartley on a border lake, as well as to m…
Narcoboss ‘Commander Squirrel’ Linked to American’s Mystery Death on Falcon Lake
ABC News / Google Earth(NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico) — Mexican authorities have arrested an alleged drug cartel leader known as Commander Squirrel who they say is linked to the 2010 murder of American jet skier David Hartley on a border lake, as well as to m…