MatthewBrosseau/iStock/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Three American contractors were killed in a shooting incident at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday that may have involved an Afghan security officer at the airport, U.S. military Read More
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Citing security concerns, the U.S. military in Afghanistan has now deemed as classified specific statistics about Afghanistan’s security forces that for years it routinely provided for public release to the Special Read More
fotokon/iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — A Manhattan banker who the U.S. says was really a secret agent for the Russian government “vehemently denies” the charges against him, according to a Russian report. Evgeny Buryakov, who worked at the Russian bank Read More
iStock/Thinkstoc(MEXICO CITY) — A gas tank truck explosion collapsed large parts of a Mexico City children’s hospital Thursday, leaving at least seven reported dead, including four children, and others injured or believed trapped. Mexico City Mayor Miguel Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As the shadows grow longer in the Middle East, the deadline for a prisoner swap that could save the life of a Japanese journalist in the hands of the terror group ISIS is fast approaching Thursday. In an audio message uploaded online Read More
iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — The AirAsia jet that crashed into the Java Sea in December, killing all 162 people on board, was being piloted by the plane’s co-pilot, not its captain, Indonesian officials said at a Thursday press Read More
(KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) — Malaysia has officially declared the disappearance of MH370 an accident, with the plane’s passengers and crew presumed dead, the country’s Department of Civil Aviation director-general said in a recorded statement carried on Read More
binagel/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A 55,000-year-old human skull discovered in Israel is offering new clues about when the first humans may have migrated to Europe. The partial skull fragment, which is believed to be female, was excavated from a cave in western Read More
MattiaATH/iStock/Thinkstock(CHIANG MAI, Thailand) — Intense fear isn’t an emotion typically associated with a massage. But then again, the masseuse isn’t typically a three-ton elephant. Tourists in Thailand — a destination perhaps better known for Read More
Pawel Gaul/iStock/Thinkstock(BAGA, Nigeria) — Amnesty International claims that Nigerian authorities were warned of impending attacks by militant group Boko Haram and failed to take action to protect civilians. Amnesty’s Africa Director Netsanet Belay said in Read More
