Syrian Fighting Reaches Damascus
A government losing its grip
Foreign Policy
Chuck Hagel Not So Hot as Non-Interventionist, American Conservative Explains
Don't believe the hype?
Making Sense of North Korea
Time to admit that North Korea wants a nuclear arsenal more than anything else.
Ecuador's Socialist President Expected To Win Re-Election
He plans to muzzle the opposition press in his next term
North Korea Drops Another Nuke, World Disapproves, Keeps Turning
What's up with North Korea?
Hugo Chavez Breathing Through a Tube But "Intellectual Capacities" Intact
So, he's still nuts?
Israelis Question Censorship After Death of Prisoner
The Internet makes old policies unenforceable
Obama Left Libya Contact to Clinton Day of Benghazi Attack
Not winning fans with this revelation
Germany Rules Facebook Can Require Real Names
Data protection commissioner previously ordered Facebook otherwise
Large Hadron Collider Shutting Down For Two Years
Long Shutdown 1, for maintenance
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander's Death Shrouded in Mystery
Iranian government and state media can't even agree on his name
Self-Immolations Reportedly On Rise in France
Man set himself on fire Wednesday after being rejected for unemployment benefits
France Moving Toward Legalizing Euthanasia
Medical ethics council handed down decision
Venezuelan Government Broadcasts First Post-Surgery Images of Hugo Chavez
The first time the country's seen him since his inauguration
Syrian Opposition Won't Talk to Members of Government Participating in Crackdown
Country in two year long civil war
Russia: Injuries Reaching 1,000 in Meteor Strike
Another asteroid is expected to miss near over Australia later today
Airbus A350 Will Not Have Lithium-Ion Batteries
Want to avoid the sort of diaster visited upon Boeing 787
Republicans Delay Chuck Hagel, John Brennan Votes, Because of Libya, Drones, and Financial Disclosures
Votes won't happen until after next week's recess
Prisoner X Hanged Himself After Interrogation in Israel
Ben Zygier worked for the Israeli intelligence agency
North Korea Tells China of Plans for More Nuke Tests
Trying to get the U.S. to begin diplomatic talks
Oscar Pistorius Denies Killing Girlfriend
Reeva Steenkamp was shot yesterday at Pistorius' home
Cornel West Calls Obama a War Criminal
Says The chickens are coming home to roost" while discussing the CIA's drone program
John Kerry Says He Will Try to Get Assad to Relinquish Power
Ambitious goal for the new secretary of state
Al Qaeda Manifesto Found in Timbuktu
Exposes disagreements within the movement over how strictly to impose Shariah
