By Peter Carvill and Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times
British police late Thursday arrested a man and a woman in connection with the butchering of a British soldier on a London street, as anti-Muslim protests sprang up across the country. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
President Obama said Thursday that al Qaeda is nearly defeated and the war on terrorism has changed since he took office, and that demands a broad rethink that includes scaling down drone attacks, transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay and revisiting the 2001 congressional resolution that set the country on perpetual war footing. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By James Morrison - The Washington Times
The House and Senate this week advanced bills to broaden sanctions against Iran because of its suspected nuclear weapons program and continued abuse of human rights, as the theocratic regime in Tehran took steps to manipulate its June 14 presidential election. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Miles Yu
The May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard set off an inadvertent naval competition between Taiwan and China. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Gregory Katz - Associated Press
A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
The main Syrian opposition coalition meets in Istanbul Thursday for three days of talks, including a key decision whether or not to attend a Russia and U.S.-backed peace conference with the Syrian government in Geneva next month. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Karin Laub - Associated Press
Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was described as some of the heaviest fighting there in years, officials said Thursday. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Ian Bishop - The Washington Times
Drummer Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, and the dad of a toddler son, was identified Friday by the Ministry of Defence as the victim in the horrific machete attack in the Woolwich neighborhood of London. Published May 23, 2013
By Associated Press
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. Published May 23, 2013
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
U.S. drone strikes have killed four Americans, including one who was "specifically targeted" and three others who were not targets, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a letter to Congress on Wednesday, publicly confirming the strikes for the first time. Published May 22, 2013
By Bassem Mroue and Bradley Klapper - Associated Press
The United States and several key allies sought Wednesday a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid. Published May 22, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Seven Egyptian security guards taken hostage while traveling through the Sinai peninsula were freed Wednesday. Published May 22, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A mentally ill, knife-wielding man went on a rampage at an elementary school in southern China, stabbing six children and one adult. Published May 22, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Iran is moving forward with a contested uranium-enrichment program, a slap in the face to the West which has charged the nation with unlawful pursuit of nuclear weaponry. Published May 22, 2013
By Alana Goodman - The Washington Free Beacon
A “secret” Facebook group of foreign correspondents and human rights activists quickly devolved into an anti-Israel hate-fest on Tuesday following the release of a new Israeli government report that cleared the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of wrongdoing in the 2000 death of a Palestinian boy. Published May 22, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
North Korea has sent a top military officer to China to act as a "special envoy," diplomats said. Published May 22, 2013
By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times
Libya's prime minister has nominated a new interior minister to fill the first spot vacated in his Cabinet, a consequence of a new law that bars officials who had served under late dictator Moammar Gadhafi from holding public office. Published May 22, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A machete-wielding attacker and his gun-toting sidekick killed a man in the streets of London on Wednesday, and police are regarding the pair — whom they subsequently shot — as potential terrorists. Published May 22, 2013
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
A key House panel pushed through legislation Wednesday calling on the Obama administration to significantly broaden U.S. sanctions on Iran, just as the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency released a report saying the Islamic republic's nuclear program had made measurable advances. Published May 22, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - Associated Press
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe signed into law on Wednesday a constitution that scales back government powers, including those currently enjoyed by his own office. Published May 22, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Pope Francis, in a blistering attack on capitalism, said followers of the faith ought to bolster their charitable outreach and dampen their materialist pursuits. He made his comments while visiting a food kitchen on Tuesday. Published May 22, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Israeli's military warned on Tuesday that more strikes on Syria could be coming if the nation doesn't stand down its missile attacks. Published May 21, 2013
