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Afghan president's forces taking security lead

3:37am

(AP) Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced at a ceremony on Tuesday that his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the U.S.-led NATO...

Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

1:37am

(AP) Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring...

Iran's Rowhani urges 'path of moderation'

10:37am

(AP) Iran's newly elected president pledged on Monday to follow a "path of moderation" and promised greater openness over the country's nuclear program, but sided with the...

Obama in N. Ireland; speech, G-8, Putin on tap

4:36am

IRS official contradicts claims about reviews

3:39am

(AP) Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his...

Chinese activist says he's being forced out by NYU

3:39am

(AP) British Prime Minister David Cameron says leaders gathering Monday for the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland should reach speedy agreement on trade and tax reforms, and...

UK's Cameron rallies world leaders to N.Ireland

2:37am

UK's Cameron rallies world leaders to NIreland

1:37am

(AP) Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on Istanbul's central...

Turkey unrest goes on despite end to park protest

10:36pm

Egypt seen to give nod toward jihadis on Syria

5:37pm

(AP) It's as if the United States has two governments, one open and one very much not. President Barack Obama leads both, trying not to butt heads with himself.

Glasnost on the Potomac under Obama? Not quite

9:36am

Separate attacks kill 32 people across Iraq

8:36am

LONDON — Phone call logs, credit-card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook messages and more: The precise nature of the NSA's sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed.

Steer clear of the snoops

11:28pm

How not to wind up in an intelligence report

'M' or 'F'? IDs still cause angst, but transgender tide is turning

11:22pm

About half of U.S. states allow residents to revise gender designations more easily.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado sheriff said firefighters “are getting the upper hand” on the most destructive wildfire in state history Saturday, an announcement that came as authorities gained a clearer picture of the grim landscape the blaze has...

Colo. wildfire claims nearly 500 homes

11:00pm

Firefighters further contain blaze, but certain areas appear as if they were hit by ‘nuclear bomb.’

NKorea proposes talks with Washington

10:36pm

(AP) About 1,000 protesters complaining about the high cost of staging the World Cup demonstrated in front of the National Stadium in Brasilia just hours before Brazil played...

Brazilians protest high cost of hosting World Cup

9:36pm

(AP) Just weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election victory in 2005, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani stepped down from the post after quarrelsome meetings with...

Iran's Rowhani seeks 'constructive interaction'

12:37pm

(AP) The revelation that a top former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who knew...

Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US

10:37am

(AP) Firefighters advanced against a monstrous wildfire outside of Colorado Springs, expanding containment lines and lifting evacuation orders for thousands of anxious...

Some evacuations lifted in destructive Colo. fire

9:36am

(AP) In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on...

Secret to Prism success: Even bigger data seizure

8:37am

(AP) President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading.

Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats

4:38am

(AP) Iran's reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting Saturday, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have...

Early vote count in Iran gives Rowhani wide lead

1:37am

Google launches Internet-beaming balloons

1:37am

House takes on military conduct

12:38am

Efforts to reduce sexual
assaults within armed services included in defense bill.

BERLIN — A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence...

AP uncovers Nazi leader in US

12:36am

Michael Karkoc, 94, allegedly lied about his World War II military
service to enter country.

GONZALES, La. — A second victim of an explosion at a south Louisiana chemical plant died Friday, while federal authorities opened an investigation to determine the cause of the deadly blast.

Second victim dies after blast at La. plant

12:36am

(AP) The Obama administration hopes its decision to give lethal aid to Syrian rebels will prompt other nations to beef up assistance, now that the U.S. has cited evidence...

Reaction cool to US arms plan for Syrian rebels

6:39pm

(AP) The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or...

House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill

3:37pm

(AP) The Syrian government on Friday dismissed U.S. charges that it used chemical weapons as "full of lies," accusing President Barack Obama of resorting to fabrications to...

Syria: US chemical weapons charges 'full of lies'

8:36am

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