New Interim PM Selected in Libya
Libyan lawmakers have selected a new interim prime minister, a week after giving a vote of no confidence to their former pick for failing to present an acceptable Cabinet.
Felix Baumgartner Breaks the Speed of Sound in Skydiving Descent over New Mexico Desert
Sixty five years to the day since Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 airplane, Austrian Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier once again without an aircraft.
Turkey Says Syrian Plane Contained Ammunition
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the cargo Turkey seized from a Syrian passenger plane that was forced to land in Ankara contained military equipment and ammunition destined for Syria's government.
South African and US Officials Announce 15-Year Prison Sentence of Former Peace Corps Volunteer
JOHANNESBURG — Officials from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of South Africa and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced the sentencing of a U.S. citizen for crimes he committed while he was a volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps. He was sentenced Oct. 10, 2012, in a U.S. court in […]