China Launches 5th Space Mission, at 15 Days, its Longest Ever
China launched a manned space mission on Tuesday from the Gobi Desert. The craft is carrying two men and one woman.
North and South Korea Agree to Hold Working Level Talks on Sunday
North and South Korea are working on terms for working level talks after months of chill, rhetoric, nuclear and missile tests and threats. Those talks may be held as soon as Sunday. The last working level talks occured in February of 2011.
Syrian Pro-Government Forces Continue to Make Significant Headway Against Opposition Forces
Pro-government Syrian forces continue to make headway in that country as fierce fighting ends in the strategic border town of Qusair with Assad's troops and Hezbollah re-taking the city.
U.N. Commission on Syria Presents Report Stating Belief of Chemical Weapons Use and other War Crimes
The Chairman of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Paulo Pinheiro, presented a report drawn up by a panel of United Nations human rights experts today detailing the war crimes committed by both Syrian and opposition forces in Syria.