Japanese Fishermen Slaughter Dozens of Dolphins
Japanese fishermen killed dozens of dolphins Tuesday in the Taiji cove, the focus of the 2009 Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, despite protests from the West. The fishermen put up a blue tarpaulin...
View ArticleThai Government Declares State of Emergency in Bangkok
The Thai government announced a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas Tuesday, looking to restore order amid ongoing mass demonstrations but potentially exacerbating the showdown with...
View ArticleRussia Will Release Khodorkovsky Partner
Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the early release of the former business partner of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was freed from prison last month after ten years behind bars, the BBC...
View ArticleBiden Urges Ukrainian President To Appeal for Peace
Vice President Joe Biden urged Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to bring clashes between security forces and protesters to a swift end Thursday, hours before the embattled leader reached a...
View ArticleFormer French First Lady Says Affair News Was Like ‘Falling From a Skyscraper’
The former partner of French President Francois Hollande says in a new interview that she felt like she was “falling from a skyscraper” when she learned of his alleged affair. Valerie Trierweiler said...
View ArticlePope Francis Picks New Financial Watchdog
Pope Francis appointed a new head of the Vatican’s internal financial watchdog agency Thursday as he continues a shakeup of its fiscal practices. The Vatican said Italian Bishop Giorgio Corbellini, 66,...
View ArticleJudge Who Sentenced Amanda Knox Faces Scrutiny
The Italian judge who pronounced Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito guilty of murder last week has been accused of making inappropriate comments about the defense strategy that...
View ArticleNorth Korea Threatens to Cancel Family Reunions with South
North Korea threatened Thursday to cancel the first reunion of families on the divided peninsula since 2010, amid joint South Korean and U.S. military drills. The joint exercises are scheduled for...
View ArticleRussia Blocked Shipment of Yogurt to Olympians
Russian officials were holding up a shipment of yogurt bound for American athletes in Sochi this week, prompting outrage from participants in the Winter Olympics and from officials. “Unfortunately,...
View ArticleRussian Official Says Sochi is as Safe as Anywhere
A top Russian official said Thursday that the threat of a terror attack at the Sochi Winter Olympics is no greater than anywhere else in the world. “There is no reason to believe that the level of...
View ArticleWomen in Iraq Being Detained and Abused, Report Says
Thousands of women in Iraq are being illegally detained and many subjected to torture and abuse, Human Rights Watch said Thursday in a scathing report on the Iraqi justice system. The U.S.-based rights...
View ArticlePope Francis’ Motorcycle Fetches $327,000
A mystery buyer paid $327,000 for Pope Francis’ Harley-Davidson motorcycle at a charity auction in Paris on Thursday. The price tag includes taxes and fees, but it’s still well above the expected...
View ArticleLeaked Audio Depicts U.S. Diplomat Cursing E.U.
A newly disclosed audio recording purportedly depicts a conversation between two American diplomats, in which one curses the European Union as they discuss how to handle turmoil in Ukraine. American...
View ArticleRussia Steps up Rhetoric Against Ukraine Upheaval
Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev said Monday that the upheaval in neighboring Ukraine amounts to an “armed mutiny,” markedly stepping up the rhetoric against Ukraine’s new Western-leaning...
View ArticleExclusive: Satellite Images Show City Destroyed in South Sudan Conflict
South Sudan’s Jan. 23 ceasefire was supposed to put an end to more than a month of violence that killed roughly 10,000 people, displaced more than 800,000 others, and threatened to unravel the fragile...
View ArticleNew Ukraine Leader Takes Strong Pro-Western Stance
The new prime minister of Ukraine said Thursday that his country’s future lies with the European Union and that he won’t accept a split with the restive southern Crimea region that is more closely...
View ArticleNorth Korea Fires Missiles Off Eastern Coast
North Korea fired four short-range missiles off of its east coast, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, in apparent posturing coinciding with joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises. The...
View ArticleRussia Scrambles Jets Near Ukraine, But Kerry Says Calm Will Prevail
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that he received Russia’s assurances it will respect the sovereignty of Ukraine, as the ouster of the country’s Russian-backed president raised concerns of...
View ArticleSigned Copy of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Sells for $64,850
A signed, two-volume set of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” sold for $64,850 Thursday, nearly three times its expected sale price, according to the auction house that put the books up for sale. The early...
View ArticleLos Angeles Gangsters Reportedly Fighting in Syria for Assad
A video posted online and shared Saturday by the media monitoring group Middle East Media Research Institute purports to show two Los Angeles gangsters fighting alongside the forces of President Bashar...
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