Yemen

Obama defends drone strikes, signs new guidelines for their use

Associated Press

President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted...

Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, White House, Patrick Leahy, Armed Conflicts, Espionage and Intelligence

'Lincoln' leads Golden Globe nominations with seven; 'Argo' receives five

Associated Press

Steven Spielberg’s Civil War epic “Lincoln” led the Golden Globes on Thursday with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. Tied for...

Tags: Woody Harrelson, Golden Globe Awards, Awards and Prizes, Judi Dench, Helen Mirren

Yemen leader apologizes to U.S. for embassy attack

Associated Press

Chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series...

Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Hamid Karzai, Libya, U.S. Embassy

Syria defiantly denies killings, U.N. condemns attack

Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people — including women and children — in one of the deadliest days of the country’s uprising, but the U.N. Security Council after an emergency session...

Tags: Rebellions, Weaponry, Military Equipment, Skype, Bashar Assad

Al-Qaida attacks Yemeni forces hours after U.S. drone strike kills USS Cole suspect

Associated Press

Al-Qaida  militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base in the south, killing 20 soldiers and capturing 25 just hours after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior figure in the terror network wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of...

Tags: Military Equipment, U.S. Military, Police Investigations, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts

Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Christmas, European Union, Transportation Security Administration, Police Investigations

One year after the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden, al-Qaida dreams of payback

A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. But the terrorist network dreams still of payback, and U.S....

Tags: White House, Jay Carney, International Military Interventions, Police Investigations, U.S. Military

Al-Qaida claims responsibility for killing of American teacher in Yemen

Associated Press

Al-Qaida’s Yemen branch said Thursday that it killed an American teacher because he was trying to spread Christianity in the mainly Muslim Arab nation. Joel Shrum, a 29-year-old native of Mount Joy, Pa., was gunned down on Sunday in the central...

Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Government, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arabian Peninsula, National Government

Tags: National Security, Government, Air and Space Accidents, Defense, United Kingdom

Yemeni leader says he will step down by year's end

The Associated Press

Yemen’s embattled U.S.-backed president pledged to step down more than a year early but refused to immediately resign on Tuesday, infuriating tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding his ouster. The opposition said it would not accept President...

Tags: Civil Unrest, Murder, U.S. Military, Fort Hood (military base), Entertainment

Tags: Benghazi, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Government, Political Systems

Tags: Civil Rights, Government, Political Systems, Human Interest, European Union