| Obama health care woes become credibility fight Posted: 17 Nov 2013 03:52 PM PST  Throughout President Barack Obama's first four years in office, he prided himself on his ability to bounce back when much of Washington thought his presidency was in peril. But the political challenge ...
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| Britain's Prince Harry heading for South Pole trek Posted: 17 Nov 2013 03:39 PM PST  Britain's Prince Harry was due to arrive in South Africa on Monday as he makes his way to Antarctica for a gruelling trek to the South Pole. After arriving in Cape Town on a flight from London, the teams were to fly on Tuesday to the air base by Russia's Novolazarevskaya Station, at the edge of the Antarctic continent. They aim to reach the South Pole around December 17. He launched the charity's South Pole Allied Challenge in London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday.
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| Turkish army kills three Syrians crossing border Posted: 17 Nov 2013 12:27 PM PST  The Turkish army shot dead three Syrians attempting to illegally cross the border at a minefield separating the two countries, the news agency Dogon reported Sunday. The shootings took place near the site of Turkey's controversial construction of what has been dubbed a "wall of shame" in the area between Nusaybin in the Kurdish-majority southeast and the northern Syrian town of Qamishli.
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| Baghdad bombs worst in Iraq attacks that kill 22 Posted: 17 Nov 2013 11:23 AM PST  A series of bombings struck near markets, cafes and the theatre in Baghdad on Sunday evening, the deadliest in nationwide attacks in which 22 people and 12 militants were killed. The bloodshed, which left more than 70 wounded across the country, was the latest in a protracted surge in violence that has forced Iraq to appeal for international help in combatting militancy just months before its first general election in four years. The deadliest attacks struck in Baghdad, where a wave of evening bombings targeted civilians in both Sunni and Shiite neighbourhoods of the capital. From 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) onwards, four car bombs and three roadside bombs hit areas ranging from the Shiite slum neighbourhood of Sadr City in northeast Baghdad to the western Sunni suburb of Radhwaniyah.
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| Separate attacks across Iraq kill 20 Posted: 17 Nov 2013 10:16 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Attacks across Iraq killed at least 20 people Sunday, officials said, as gunmen attacked a militia leader and bombs targeted police officers and civilians. |
| Separate attacks across Iraq kill 10 Posted: 17 Nov 2013 07:29 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Attacks across Iraq killed at least 10 people Sunday, officials said, as gunmen attacked a militia leader and bombs targeted police officers and civilians. |
| Separate attacks kill at least 6 people in Iraq Posted: 17 Nov 2013 06:29 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say separate attacks have killed at least six people in different areas of the country. |
| Pentagon chief sounds alarm over US budget cuts Posted: 16 Nov 2013 06:45 PM PST  Simi Valley (United States) (AFP) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel sounded an alarm bell Saturday about budget cuts he said threaten America's security and global military role, while "gambling" over the risk of an unexpected threat. The cuts, which amount to nearly $1 trillion for the Department of Defense (DoD) over a decade, were "too steep, too deep and too abrupt," Hagel told a defense conference in California. Automatic cuts of $52 billion set to take place in fiscal 2014 represent 10 percent of the Pentagon budget. The defense chief was speaking at the Ronald Reagan Defense Forum, a one-day event hosted at the late US leader's presidential library northwest of Los Angeles.
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