Posted 1:34 PM 5/10/2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior U.S. military official says Marines and other American forces in Europe have been placed on a heightened state of alert in response to a deteriorating security situation in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. The alert order applies to a U.S. special operations (More)
Posted 6:12 AM 5/9/2013
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is ready to let the U.S. have nine bases in the country after the 2014 combat troop pullout, but wants Washington's "security and economic guarantees" first. Speaking at a ceremony today at Kabul University, Karzai said (More)
Posted 5:31 AM 5/8/2013 by Associated Press
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladeshi police say the death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has passed 800 and is continuing to climb.Authorities are still digging through the rubble of the Rana Plaza building in search of more bodies two weeks after (More)
Posted 4:39 AM 5/6/2013 by Associated Press
ROME (AP) - Italian state television says Giulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier, has died at age 94.Andreotti was hospitalized last year with heart problems stemming from a respiratory infection.At his prime, Andreotti was one of Italy's most powerful men: He (More)