Nuke test: The missile is the message _ the Pentagon hopes
By ROBERT BURNS VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California (AP) — Like a giant pen stroke in the sky, an unarmed Minuteman 3 nuclear missile roared out of its underground bunker…
War and unrest
Israel says Iran building terror network in Europe, US
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Israel’s defense minister on Wednesday accused Iran of building an international terror network that includes “sleeper cells” that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives in order to…
Obama: Guantanamo Bay undermines security, must be closed
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to “once and for all” close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and transfer the most…
US, Russia agree on plan for Syria cease-fire
By MAEVA BAMBUCK and BRADLEY KLAPPER U.S. officials said Monday that the United States and Russia have agreed on a plan for a cease-fire in Syria starting Saturday that would…
Analysis: Echoes of 1991 Gulf War linger on in Mideast
By JON GAMBRELL The 1991 Gulf War saw only 100 hours of ground fighting as U.S. forces entered Kuwait to end the Iraqi occupation but echoes of that conflict have…
Nigeria: People detained by military disappear in northeast
First come the whispers, then accusations loud enough to raise alarms throughout Nigeria’s northeastern villages ravaged by extremist violence. Next, people accused of being Boko Haram are rounded up, sometimes…
Pentagon says US bombed IS training camp in Libya
By ROBERT BURNS and MAGGIE MICHAEL American F-15E fighter-bombers struck an Islamic State training camp in rural Libya near the Tunisian border Friday, killing dozens, probably including an IS operative…
US fight over gunman’s locked iPhone could have big impact
By ERIC TUCKER and TAMI ABDOLLAH A U.S. magistrate’s order for Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the mass shooting in…