Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin confronted one another in telephone talks Monday as a standoff over Ukraine escalated after the CIA chief visited Kiev and a Russian war plane “buzzed” a US destroyer. Washington said it was consulting European…
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The United States on Monday denounced as “unconscionable” threats made against the Libyan prime minister and cabinet members, saying the country needed to move forward. “At a time when Libya most needs political consensus to move forward its democratic…
The United States on Monday condemned a bomb attack on a packed bus station in Nigeria which killed 71 people, and called for a full investigation. “We are outraged by this senseless act of violence against innocent civilians,” State Department spokeswoman…
The FBI subjected a member of the defense team for five alleged September 11 conspirators to a “chilling” interrogation in an effort to glean information, a military court heard Monday. Defense attorneys told the hearing at the Guantanamo Bay Naval…
Remember a couple weeks ago when we found out that the British Government had to pay Microsoft about $9.2 million to extend Windows XP support for the entire country for another year? It turns out that our cousins across the ocean aren’t the only…
Wall Street stocks Monday moved higher in early trade following a big jump in US retail sales and a better-than-expected earnings report from Citigroup. About 30 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 62.81 points (0.39 percent…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday urged Washington to explain Russian media reports that CIA director John Brennan visited the Ukrainian capital. Lavrov also accused the West of “off the scale” hypocrisy over the crisis in Ukraine, where…
A gunman shot three people dead at a Jewish community center and a retirement community in Kansas, drawing widespread condemnation and consternation on the eve of Passover. The 70-year-old white male suspect, who is in custody, was not local and did…
British hate preacher Abu Hamza goes on trial in New York on Monday, facing the rest of his life behind bars if found guilty on kidnapping and terror charges that predate the 9/11 attacks. It is the second high-profile terror trial to be heard by a…
At least three people were killed Sunday during separate shootings at a Jewish community center and a retirement community in Kansas, US media reported. Police took a man into custody at an elementary school in Overland Park. He was heard yelling “Heil…