In a recording released and posted online on Wednesday, the Yemen branch of al-Qaida assumed responsibility for the attack on the Paris-based offices of Charlie Hebdo, saying, “As for the blessed Battle of Paris, we, the Organization of al-Qaida al Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the Messenger of […]
Singapore’s defense minister says a Singaporean navy ship has located the fuselage of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the Java Sea last month. Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen said in a Facebook post Wednesday that a remotely operated vehicle being used in the search took images showing part of the plane’s wing and words […]
SEOUL—Relations between Washington and Pyongyang have grown more contentious in the wake of the alleged North Korea cyberattack on the Sony Pictures movie studio. The U.S. was quick to reject a North Korean proposal to reduce regional tensions and is instead focused on pressuring and isolating the regime. North Korea is already under U.N. sanctions […]
Charges of murder have been leveled at two New Mexico police officers, Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez, that shot and killed a homeless man with a history of mental illness who was camping illegally in the foothills near Albuquerque in March of last year. 38-year-old James Boyd was shot and killed after officers contacted him […]