Syria jets kill tens as international envoy visits
BEIRUT (Codewit) — A government airstrike Sunday on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria killed more than 60 people, activists said, casting a pall over a visit...
Vladimir V. Putin distance itself from the regime of Syria’s president
BRUSSELS — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Friday added to recent signals that Moscow is slowly distancing itself from the regime of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, its longstanding...
Vladimir V. Putin distance itself from the regime of Syria’s president
BRUSSELS — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Friday added to recent signals that Moscow is slowly distancing itself from the regime of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, its longstanding...
By Daryna Krasnolutska and Kateryna Choursina
Oct. 29 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s ruling party got more votes than its rivals in parliamentary elections, boosting stocks and bonds before monitors deliver a verdict on the ballot...
Two Kentucky men acquitted in landmark gay hate crime case
Two Kentucky men have been acquitted of hate-crimes charges in a first federal hate crimes trial of its kind trial involving an attack on a gay man. But jurors found...
Longevity Traced to Grandmothers
In modern society, grandmothers are often called upon to babysit. But a few million years ago, when primate grandmothers first started doing that, they apparently had a major impact on...
The imperial way: US decline in perspective
This is the second of a two-part article by Noam Chomsky on the decline of US power. You can read the first part here. Cambridge, MA - In the years...
Iran Mocks US With Toy Drone
The Iranian government, which captured a U.S. stealth drone in December, has agreed to give the top-secret spy craft back, but with a catch. Instead of the original RQ-170 Sentinel...
Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions...
US condemns bomb attack on Iran nuclear scientist
The US has condemned the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist in a car bomb attack in north Tehran. National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said the US "had absolutely...