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Al-Qaeda Gunmen Overrun Military Base in Yemen
The latest brazen attack
At Least 10 Killed as Syrian Airstrike Hits School
Mostly students among the dead
Not Guilty Pleas in London Terror Killing
Accused of killing off-duty soldier and hacking him with machetes
Security Council Nears Syria Agreement That Doesn’t Include Military Force
Body would reconvene if Syria fails to relinquish chemical weapons
Human Remains Found on Costa Concordia Shipwreck
One of the last two missing victims of the Costa Concordia cruise disaster may have been found on the partially-raised ship, CNN reports.
Human remains were found on deck of the ship, which struck rocks off the coast of Italy in 2012, killing 30 people and leaving two others, including a cruise waiter last seen helping passengers off …
The Real News at the U.N.: U.S. Signs Arms Trade Treaty
The most important thing to happen at the U.N. this week may not have been a General Assembly speech
Massive Earthquake Kills More Than 30 in Pakistan
It was a 7.8 magnitude quake
The Last Time an American President Met an Iranian Leader
The much-hyped potential encounter between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the UN during this week’s General Assembly would be the first in-person interaction between the two nations’ …
Report: North Korea Tested Long-Range Rocket Engine
North Korea tested a long-range rocket engine in August, possibly for a large new rocket under development, according to a think tank at Johns Hopkins University.
Johns Hopkins University’s US-Korea Institute posted on its 38 North website an analysis of satellite imagery from August 20 – 25 that suggested rocket launching …
Assad Says Syria is ‘Committed’ to Destroying Chemical Weapons
Syrian president Bashar Assad said in an interview with Chinese television that there is “no question” that he will allow UN inspectors to visit chemical weapons sites.
“Since its independence, Syria has been committed to all the treaties it has signed. We will honor everything that we have agreed to do,” he said on China’s …
Kenyan Authorities Assault Nairobi Mall as Hostage Crisis Enters Third Day
Kenyan authorities reportedly raided the upscale Nairobi mall where up to 15 gunmen are holding an unknown number of hostages, two days since the terrorist attack killed more than 60 people and injured at least 170. In a statement aired on Kenya’s KTN TV, Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku confirmed that two attackers were killed when …
Tunisian Women Go on ‘Sex Jihad’ to Syria, Minister Says
Tunisia, the largely moderate North African country, has struggled to stymie the flow of hundreds of young men leaving to fight alongside rebels in Syria’s more than two-year-long, bloody civil war.
Now, the interior minister says, the country must also slow a stream of young Tunisian women leaving for Syria on “sexual …