(AFP) Yemeni forces have killed 500 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in an all-out offensive against them in their southern strongholds that began on April 29, the army spokesman said Thursday. Forty soldiers were killed and another 100 wounded in the operation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will pay his first visit as president to Indian Country when he travels to a Native American reservation in North Dakota next week. In an opinion piece published Thursday by an online tribal newspaper,
(Reuters) – British satellite operator Inmarsat will roll out a new satellite and air-to-ground network to give passengers on European flights broadband internet access on seat back screens and on their own smartphones and tablets. The company said British Airways,
LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) – London’s tallest building, the Shard, was evacuated on Thursday morning as firefighters investigated smoke coming from the basement of the 87-storey skyscraper, a fire brigade spokesman said. Sky News reports that initial news says it
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Williams scored 4:36 into overtime after a turnover by Dan Girardi, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday night in the Stanley Cup finals opener. Williams was left alone
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed Wednesday to sign off on selling the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for what would be a record $2 billion, according to his attorney. Sterling “has made
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Trank will direct one of the planned stand-alone “Star Wars” films. Lucasfilm announced Wednesday that the 30-year-old filmmaker will helm one of the two announced “Star Wars” spinoffs being made outside of the third trilogy.
Justin Bieber recently apologized for a video featuring him, at 15, uttering a racist joke. Given his age, and the heartfelt mea culpa, any career damage seemed to be contained. Now, a new video has emerged with the pop star
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government document provided to The Associated Press says more than 2 million people who got health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law have data discrepancies that could jeopardize coverage for some. Two million people works out
Joel Osteen will add a SiriusXM channel to his already formidable media empire. The Texas-based megachurch pastor already reaches millions through the Trinity religious network and various other channels across the country. According to the Associated Press, the Sirius channel
This morning in an interview on WMAL Radio, a former Special Forces commander called for justice and an apology from recently released Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to the families of those soldiers that died trying to find and rescue the then
DUBAI (Reuters) – A video of French hostage Serge Lazarevic, appealing to France’s President Francois Hollande to negotiate his release after two years in captivity in the Sahara, was aired by Dubai-based Akhbar Al Aan TV on Tuesday. In the
BEIJING (AP) — Yin Min held the ashes of her son and wept, she said, as she marked 25 years since he was killed in the crackdown by Chinese tanks and troops on protests at Tiananmen Square. Outside, guards kept
A rogue Libyan general, who has led repeated deadly assaults on jihadists in second city Benghazi, escaped a suicide attack on Wednesday, one of his commanders told AFP. But three loyalists of former general and longtime US exile Khalifa Haftar
Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 96.9 percent of votes in Egypt’s presidential election, the electoral commission announced Tuesday, almost a year after he overthrew elected Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi. Turnout in last week’s election, hastily extended to three days
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Wednesday released a video showing the handover of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo as a significant
NEW YORK (AP) — Original drawings and poems created by John Lennon for his acclaimed books “In His Own Write” and “A Spaniard in the Works” will go on the auction block. The books’ British publisher, Tom Maschler, has owned
Here we are at the start of a new Normandy invasion!” Don Sheppard announced over the loudspeaker as the coach carrying British D-Day veterans pulled out of the rain-soaked car park. “The objective is Brussels — to sort out the
Following its stunning victory in the European elections, Britain’s anti-EU party is targeting a first parliamentary seat, starting with Thursday’s by-election in central England. The prospect of a UKIP victory in the market town of Newark is sowing panic among
From the Washington Post: Democrats in recent weeks weighed whether to abstain from involvement in House Republicans’ new Benghazi investigative committee, labeling it an unnecessary probe into questions that have already been answered. The American people disagree. … The reason
What do you give the bride who has more or less everything? Kanye West stared down that problem when it came time to give his new bride, Kim Kardashian, a wedding present. The solution? A painting of the reality show
Pop star Rihanna is known for both her beauty and fashion sense. She combined the two Monday night at the CFDA Awards by wearing a dress that, well, couldn’t cover what even the skimpiest outfits manage to cover. Never one
ISTANBUL, June 2 (Reuters) – Turkey’s peace talks with Kurdish rebels are advancing despite recent unrest in the southeast, representatives of both sides said, and could boost Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s hopes of becoming president. Erdogan is widely expected to
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande certainly won’t go hungry this Thursday night. He’s dining twice — first with U.S. President Barack Obama, then with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It will be a digestive and logistical challenge, but the
(Reuters) -A U.S.-led international operation disrupted a crime ring that infected hundreds of thousands of PCs around the globe with malicious software used for stealing banking credentials and extorting computer owners, the Justice Department said on Monday. Authorities in nearly
