Ex-wife of suspected Orlando nightclub shooter: ‘He beat me’
Sometime after 2 a.m. Sunday, Omar Mateen dialed Orlando's 911 service to alert the dispatcher to the carnage unfolding at one of the city's most popular gay bars. He spelled...
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Obama urges world action on climate change: ‘No nation is immune’ to global warming
President Barack Obama joined leaders from 150 nations on Monday in pledging action against climate change, kicking off a historic two-week gathering that Obama called a "turning point" in the...
Deal allows U.S. to fire in Pakistan
The U.S. and Pakistan reached tacit agreement in September on a don't-ask-don't-tell policy that allows unmanned Predator aircraft to attack suspected terrorist targets in rugged western Pakistan, according to senior...
UN watchdog stokes Iran nuclear dispute
Iranian documents obtained by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog strongly suggest that Iran was working on a nuclear weapons design as recently as four years ago, UN officials disclosed last...
Ex-officer calls CIA method torture
A former CIA officer who participated in the capture and questioning of the first Al Qaeda terrorism suspect to be waterboarded said Monday that the harsh technique provided an intelligence...
Partisan battles delay terror law changes
An effort to modernize federal laws on anti-terrorism surveillance erupted into partisan brawling Friday, with Democrats accusing the White House of breaking a deal on proposed eavesdropping legislation and President...
Civil engineers cast doubt on much of levee system
An organization of civil engineers has questioned the soundness of large portions of New Orleans' levee system, warning that the city's federally designed flood walls were not built to standards...
Nuclear `supermarket’ revealed
Libya's quest for nuclear weapons was aided by a sophisticated black market that offered weapons designs, technical advice and thousands of sensitive parts -- some of them apparently made in...