The Latest on Koreas: N. Korea says ready for ‘all-out war’
The latest on the tensions on the Korean Peninsula (all times local):9 a.m. North Korea says it’s ready for an “all-out war” against South Korea as a 5:30 p.m. (0830…
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Italy: At least 40 migrants dead at sea, 320 others rescued
FRANCES D’EMILIO and MIKE CORDER At least 40 migrants died Saturday in the hold of an overcrowded smuggling boat in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya, apparently killed by fuel…
IS top command dominated by ex-officers in Saddam’s army
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA While attending the Iraqi army’s artillery school nearly 20 years ago, Ali Omran remembers one major well. An Islamic hard-liner, he once chided Omran…
AP WAS THERE: US drops atomic bombs on Japan in 1945
By The Associated Press On two days in August 1945, U.S. planes dropped two atomic bombs — one on Hiroshima, one on Nagasaki, the first and only time nuclear weapons…
4 Marines and gunman die in attack on two military sites
By LUCAS L. JOHNSON and KATHLEEN FOODY A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chattanooga on…
The Latest: Explosions on Egypt side of Gaza border
The latest news on the coordinated militant attacks in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai Peninsula that killed 50 soldiers (all times local): 4:30 p.m. An Associated Press reporter heard two explosions…
Is Texas spending $800M to create its own border patrol?
By SETH ROBBINS and PAUL J. WEBER When former Gov. Rick Perry ordered a big reinforcement of security at the Mexico border in 2011, Texas bought six new gunboats that…
Libya: Unclear if US strikes killed al-Qaida leader
By SARAH EL DEEB and LOLITA C. BALDOR A Libyan military spokesman said Monday that three foreigners were among a number of militants killed in U.S. airstrikes in eastern Libya,…