SEOUL—U.S. defense officials say annual drills by American and South Korean military forces were halted temporarily to avoid contributing to a dramatic increase in tensions between North and South Korea – a dispute that prompted Pyongyang to declare it is in a “quasi-state of war.” North Korea routinely condemns the allies’ annual military exercises and […]
The girlfriend of a South Carolina man accused of shoplifting from a Food Lion market in Spartan County last week, made a rather bizarre and revolting revelation when she told police officers investigating the crime, how her boyfriend absconded with $75 worth of Rib-eye steaks. Police were called to the South Carolina food mart last […]
Rescue teams were poised to hike through rugged terrain Tuesday toward the wreckage of an Indonesian airliner with 54 people aboard that crashed into a mountain Sunday. A search plane spotted the debris from the crash of Trigana Air Flight 267 in the eastern province of Papua early Monday. The ATR 42-300 twin turboprop disappeared […]
HAVANA—Secretary of State John Kerry came to the reopened U.S. Embassy in Cuba Friday to salute the American flag as it was raised again in Havana, ceremonially ending the 54-year breach in relations between the United States and its island neighbor off the southern coast of Florida. “This is truly a memorable occasion,” Kerry said, […]