Study: Dinosaurs Wiped Out by Twin Meteor Strikes
Lennart Preiss, AFP / Getty Images
(Aug. 30) -- It took not one but two major meteor strikes to wipe out the dinosaurs about 65 millions years ago, a new study has concluded, with about 2,000 years passing between the two events. The...
Pakistan Flood Waters Recede, but Dangers Lurk
Anjum Naveed, AP
(Aug. 30) -- Water levels in flood-devastated Pakistan have begun to recede, emergency officials said today, but the danger of new overflows remains. Levels are starting to drop as the flood waters...
Taliban Threat to UK Prime Minister Raises Alarm
Stefan Rousseau, AFP / Getty Images
(Aug. 27) -- A call for stepped-up security measures has been made in London after fears that the Taliban targeted Prime Minister David Cameron's helicopter during a recent visit to Afghanistan,...
Karzai Slams US Pullout Plan for Afghanistan
Yuri Cortez, Pool / AP
(Aug. 27) -- President Hamid Karzai has strongly criticized the U.S. plan to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan by July, saying it will give the Taliban "a morale boost." He told four...
Pakistani Taliban Threaten Flood Relief Workers
Arif Ali, AFP/Getty Images
(Aug. 26) -- American and other foreign aid workers in Pakistan have been warned they could be in danger of attacks from the Taliban even as the country faces devastating floods that have left...
Survivor: 72 Migrants Killed by Mexican Drug Gang
El Bravo de Matamoros/AP
(Aug. 26) -- The lone survivor of the massacre of 72 people at a ranch in northern Mexico told officials that they were all migrants from South and Central America and that they were shot to death by...
Dozens Killed in a Wave of Bombings Across Iraq
Nabil al-Jurani, AP
(Aug. 25) -- A series of apparently coordinated attacks from the north to the south of Iraq killed at least 56 people today in assaults aimed at Iraqi security forces, just a day after the U.S....
72 Bodies Found at Northern Mexico Ranch
Raymundo Ruiz, AP
(Aug. 25) --The bodies of 72 people have been found dumped at a ranch in northern Mexico after a shootout between troops and suspected drug traffickers left one marine and three gunmen dead, the...
Deadly Attack in Somalia Is Latest by al-Qaida Ally
(Aug. 24) -- The al-Qaida-linked Somalia force known as al-Shabab unleashed another deadly assault today amid a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives since 1991. This time the insurgents...
4 Americans Among 14 Killed in Nepal Plane Crash
Nepalese Army / AFP / Getty Images
(Aug. 24) -- A plane carrying tourists to an airstrip that serves as a gateway to Mount Everest in Nepal crashed today after being forced to turn back by bad weather. All 14 people aboard were...
At Least 8 Killed in Philippine Bus Hijacking
Bullit Marquez, AP
(Aug. 23) -- At least seven tourists were shot to death on a hijacked bus in Manila, the Philippines, today before police commandos stormed in to end the siege, killing the gunman, according to...
Petraeus Insists Taliban Is Being Halted in Key Areas
Karen Bleier, AFP / Getty Images
(Aug. 23) -- The recently appointed commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan says that the Taliban's momentum has been reversed in many areas of the country, but that success comes at a price and...
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