Analysis: Calculated risk behind N. Korean H-bomb test claim
By ERIC TALMADGE When North Korea hinted it had a hydrogen bomb last month — twice — it was largely brushed off as bluster. Now that it’s claiming to have…
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North Korea says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism
By FOSTER KLUG South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self-proclaimed “H-bomb of…
Pentagon: Hundreds of military kids sexually abused annually
By RICHARD LARDNER, EILEEN SULLIVAN and MEGHAN HOYER Cpl. Aaron C. Masa became fast friends with a fellow Marine during field training in North Carolina. But behind his buddy’s back,…
Saudi allies scale back ties with Iran as tensions soar
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JON GAMBRELL Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom’s lead and began scaling back diplomatic ties to Iran on Monday after the ransacking of Saudi…
Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen is jailed in Los Angeles
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER The mother of a fugitive Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is jailed in Los Angeles on Thursday after being…
Latest: Sheriff says Couch, mother drove to Mexico
The latest in the case of a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an “affluenza” defense (all times local): 11 a.m. A…
Palestinian eviction case spotlights Jerusalem settler push
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Ahmad Sub-Laban’s family has lived for decades under threat of eviction from their home overlooking the gold-topped Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old…
British troops deploy to Afghan province amid Taliban battle
By LYNNE O’DONNELL When Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani took office, he ushered in a period of hope for the country’s traumatized and war-weary people that decades of violence would soon…