Tens of Thousands Apply to Settle Mars in 2023

(NEW YORK) -- Applications to leave Earth and become the first Mars settlers in 2023 are pouring in, according to Mars One. The privately-funded foundation says more than 78,000 people f... Read More

Obama and South Korean Leader Present United Front

(WASHINGTON) -- Meeting South Korea's newest leader for the first time on Tuesday, President Obama vowed that their two countries "are as united as ever. And faced with new international sanc... Read More

Iranian Election Could Mean End to Ahmadinejad's Influence

(NEW YORK) -- The prospects of an Iran without President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should please the West since he's not running for reelection. However, the prospect of an even more fiery replacem... Read More

Pakistan Rattling Its Saber over Latest Border Skirmish

(ISLAMABAD) -- Pakistan hardly offered a conciliatory message on Tuesday in its latest spat with Afghanistan over recent border incidents. Each side has accused the other of starting sho... Read More

Assad: Syria 'Capable of Facing Israel'

(DAMASCUS, Syria) -- Standing alongside Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad said Syria is "capable of facing Israel's ventures." According to... Read More

Former Foes US and Russia Will Try and Work Together on Syria Solution

(MOSCOW) -- At a press conference in Moscow following several hours of meetings, including one lasting over two hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia... Read More

Obama Defends Syria Strategy, Says There Are No ‘Easy Answers’

(WASHINGTON) — Defending his cautious approach to Syria, President Obama Tuesday said the U.S. has both a “moral obligation and a national security interest” in ending the bloodsh... Read More

Russian Military Parade Makes Kerry Wait at Airport

(MOSCOW) -- The U.S. Secretary of State’s motorcade often halts traffic when he travels abroad, but on Tuesday it proved no match for columns of Russian tanks, ICBMs and armored personnel car... Read More

US Officials: Israel’s Airstrikes Targeted Iranian Missiles

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. officials say that the target of Israel’s weekend air strikes in Syria were up to a dozen Iranian Fateh-110 missiles that may have been headed to Hezbollah in Lebanon.... Read More

Four UN Peacekeepers Held in Syria

(WASHINGTON) -- Four Filipino United Nations peacekeepers posted in the Syrian Golan Heights have been held in Syria by the rebel “Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade.” The peacekeepers... Read More