Rebel militias in Syria continued fighting Syrian forces in neighborhoods of Damascus on Monday, sending frightened families fleeing the hardest fighting the capital has seen yet. The rebels fired grenades at tanks and troops as the Syrian army shelled surrounding...
The US Navy killed an Indian fisherman and wounded three others in the southern Persian Gulf off the coast of Dubai on Monday, with US officials claiming the unidentified fishing boat approached the US warship. A spokesman for the US Navy's 5th Fleet based in nearby...
Improvised explosive devices were made infamous and frequently used by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, but now a top US general is claiming IEDs are a threat to the homeland. "The global proliferation of IEDs and associated technology is pervasive and continues to...
National Security Agency whistleblower William Binney said on Friday that the US government is secretly gathering information "about virtually every US citizen in the country," in "a very dangerous process" that violates Americans' privacy. Binney, who resigned from...
China's official Xinhua news agency on Saturday accused the Obama administration of "meddling" in the Asia-Pacific and specifically the South China Sea territorial disputes. "Though wary of overtly irking China," Xinhua reported, the Obama administration has "further...
A purported massacre by the Syrian army near Hama on Thursday has turned out to be a battle between government forces and armed rebel militias, in another example of Western leaders hyping Syrian rebel propaganda. After the battle, online videos and news reports...
President Obama has given the Department of Homeland Security, new powers to take over the telecommunications industry and internet systems in case of emergency. Obama signed an executive order meant to prioritize government communications over privately-owned...
After weeks of international negotiations with Iran over their nuclear program produced no silver bullet, there is another bipartisan push in Congress to increase the already crushing economic sanctions on Iran. House and Senate officials started crafting legislation...
The US budget deficit grew by nearly $60 billion in June, and is on track to exceed $1 trillion for the fourth straight year. By the end of this fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30, the full budget deficit will total $1.17 trillion, according to the Congressional...
The Pentagon has implemented a new policy of limiting reports to Congress to just 15 pages, according to he chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Buck McKeon. The new policy was revealed during a classified meeting when McKeon asked Pentagon briefers...
