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UN watchdog says nuclear talks with Iran failed
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it had failed to secure an agreement with Iran during two days of talks over disputed atomic activities and that the Islamic Republic had rejected a request to visit a key military site. In the second such trip...
Iran “shadow war” intensifies, crosses border
The loudest noise that Thongma Danoi had ever heard was followed 20 minutes later by the strangest sight: a dazed and bloodied Iranian carrying two wire-adorned devices through the usually sleepy Bangkok neighborhood. “He was losing a lot of blood,”...
Israel Says “Iran Behind Bangkok Bombings, ‘Coordinated Attacks’ Around the World”
The failed bomb attack by an Iranian national in Bangkok today is just the latest in what Israeli officials say is “a coordinated series of attacks” that began in January, and includes Monday’s attacks in India and Georgia, as well as...
Anonymous knocks CIA website offline
The website of the Central Intelligence Agency was inaccessible on Friday after the hacker group Anonymous claimed to have knocked it offline. “CIA Tango down,” a member of Anonymous said on @YourAnonNews, a Twitter feed used by the group....
China Gets Revenge On Obama With Tariff On U.S. Autos
President Barack Obama hit China automobile tire makers with a trade tariff in 2009 and now Beijing has struck back with a potentially more punitive tariff, as much as a 21% tax hike on U.S. car exports bound for China, the world’s largest auto...
Filipino police rescue US boy from kidnappers
Philippine police stormed a kidnappers’ hideout and rescued a 4-year-old American boy who was held for ransom for eight days, officials said Friday. Five suspects were arrested in the second recent case of a kidnapped U.S. minor in the Philippines. The...
Iran rejects U.S. request to return spy drone
Iran has unsurprisingly rejected an American request to return its downed spy drone. President Obama, speaking at a news conference with the visiting Iraqi prime minister Monday, said the United States had asked Iran to give the downed American reconnaissance...
2 students shot, wounded at Texas middle school
EDINBURG, Texas – Authorities suspect hunters may have shot two South Texas middle school students who were wounded by gunfire Monday afternoon while trying out for a basketball team. Two boys – ages 13 and 14 – were shot, said Hidalgo...
Strong quake shakes from Mexico City to Acapulco
MEXICO CITY — A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck in Mexico’s western Guerrero state, shaking buildings and causing panic in the nation’s capital and the Pacific resort of Acapulco. Officials said at least three people died, but there were...