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Brussels suicide bombers fit familiar profile; links to Paris terrorist attacks seen
The brothers fit what European anti-terrorism investigators call a disturbing but now-familiar profile. They were young Belgian nationals of Moroccan descent, both with extensive criminal records involving violent crime and guns. But neither had been previously linked to terrorism, Belgium's chief...
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Obama again promises to release documents linked to Argentina's 'dirty war'
Seeking to build trust between the United States and Latin America, President Obama reiterated his promise to release classified documents that could shed light on U.S. involvement in Argentina's "dirty war." "I hope we can reconstruct the confidence that was lost between our two countries," he...
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Middle East countries respond to Brussels attacks with anger and finger-pointing
The deadly attacks on Brussels brought swift condemnation across the Middle East, but some countries seized the moment to criticize the West for adhering to policies that they said had planted the seeds for such acts of terrorism. Syria’s embattled government, locked in a five-year fight against...
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Islamic State has reportedly trained 400 fighters to attack Europe in wave of bloodshed
The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terrorist cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum carnage, the Associated Press has learned. The...
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Brussels terrorist attacks put a heavily Muslim district and Belgium's police under scrutiny
For months, Salah Abdeslam was Europe's most-wanted man. He was accused of helping plot the horrific November terrorist attacks carried out by a team of well-organized militants beneath officials' noses in Paris. But when Abdeslam was finally captured last week, he wasn't caught with his alleged...
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Hunt is on for Brussels bombings suspect; Islamic State warns of more, worse attacks
Just days after a suspect in last year’s Paris attacks was taken into custody, another set of coordinated assaults was launched on a city that serves as the de facto capital of Europe.Explosions at Brussels’ two main transit hubs Tuesday left at least 30 people dead and scores injured, and police...
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18 stories high and still burning, fire at landfill exposes India's growing trash crisis
Every day after school, 15-year-old Inamul, usually clad in flip-flops, spends an hour or two wandering the giant landfill near his house. Ignoring the stench and the colonies of rats, he collects plastic bottles, cheap jewelry, glass, bits of wood and anything else that he can resell to a scrap...
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Brussels attacks also shatter confidence in Europe's open borders
The physical damage was easy to see. The attackers' bombs shattered an airport terminal and a subway station. But when one of the European Union's top leaders expressed his sympathies to the men, women and children hurt and killed in Brussels on Tuesday morning, he hinted that the three attackers...
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Terrorist attacks in Brussels
More than 30 people are believed dead after three explosions went off Tuesday in the Belgian capital: two in Brussels Airport and one at Maelbeek metro station, near European Union institutions. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, attributing them to a "security group from the...
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Will the world's next wars be fought over water?
California’s ongoing drought is one sign that we have entered some uncharted and uncomfortable territory. Of the fears that have risen alongside a warming planet, perhaps none have attracted more attention than the "water wars" hypothesis. This hypothesis says that increased water shortages around...
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Obama's visit to Argentina is a chance to heal old wounds and present new opportunities
President Obama could have visited any number of countries in South America. In choosing Argentina, the latest nation to turn away from the socialist leaders who have dominated the continent for the last decade, he is hoping to launch a new era of U.S. engagement. For Argentina's new president,...
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Obama says fighting Islamic State is his 'No. 1 priority'
A day after terrorists' bombs ripped through Brussels, President Barack Obama declared that fighting the Islamic State was his “No. 1 priority” and pledged that the United States would pursue the jihadist group until it is destroyed. “I've got a lot of things on my plate, but my top priority is...
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Obama challenges leaders to keep up with an 'evolution taking place inside Cuba'
President Obama ended his historic trip to Cuba with a challenge to its communist leaders Tuesday, pressing them to keep pace with the changes he set in motion for a new era in the relationship between the neighboring nations.More than half a century after revolution in Cuba put the two countries...
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China's go-to beverage? Hot water. Really.
China's annual legislative sessions are in full swing in Beijing. Thousands of delegates are convening daily at the Great Hall of the People to listen to speeches, discuss government work reports, and review economic plans for the next five years. Essential to keeping things moving? Hot water....
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Murder, torture, drugs: Cartel kingpin's wife says that's not the 'El Chapo' she knows
She sweeps into the restaurant dressed elegantly in black slacks and a sleeveless, pale pink blouse, a white ribbon tied demurely at the neck. Her bag is Prada. If there are bodyguards, they have waited discreetly outside.As wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious leader of the Sinaloa...