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North Korea says 'strategic' long-range cruise missiles hit targets in test

conflicts said Monday that it successfully tested newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, the first known testing activity in months, underscoring how the country continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the United States.  The state-run Korean Central News Agency reported that …

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Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universities

Women in conflicts can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the terrorism” target=”_blank”>Taliban< arrived in the Afghan capital of Kabul — the highest-level visitor since the Taliban announced their interim Cabinet. There was no immediate confirmation of …

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North Korea says it tested long-range cruise missiles

North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months that underscored how it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the United States. NORTH KOREA APPEARS TO …

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Hurricane Olaf hits Mexico's Los Cabos resorts at Category 2

disasters slipped back to tropical storm force on Friday after slamming into the world-regions at the tip of Mexico’s Baja us-regions Peninsula and then drenching the region with torrential rains. The storm came ashore near San Jose del Cabo late Thursday as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 …

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US shoots down Iranian drones attacking airport in Iraq: officials

U.S. forces shot down a pair of Iranian drones that attacked the Irbil airport in Kurdish-held northern Iraq late on 20th anniversary of Sept. 11. There were no injuries or damage, according to a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. The U.S. counter-rocket, artillery and mortar system (C-RAM) engaged …

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Reporter's Notebook: 9/11 … 20 years of terror battle

20 years on … 3,000 miles away … It doesn’t get any easier.    The 20-year milestone since terror was also marked at a memorial at world-regionsthe old home of the U.S. Embassy, underscoring the global nature of the tragedy. Next to Americans, more Britons died in the attack, than people …

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Taliban flag rises over seat of power 20 years after 9/11

The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace Saturday, a spokesman said, as the U.S. and the world marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The white banner, emblazoned with a Quranic verse, was hoisted by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the prime minister of the Taliban …

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Queen Elizabeth honors 9/11 victims as UK marks 20th anniversary

personalities has released a message honoring those who lost their lives in the terror attacks and paying tribute to those who “joined together to rebuild” — as the United Kingdom marked the 20th anniversary of the attacks. “As we mark the 20th anniversary of the terrible attacks on 11th September …

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