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Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight

Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight

The Doomsday Clock, a figurative timepiece used as a barometer of humankind’s fate, was moved one minute closer to midnight on Tuesday, the first time it has been nudged forward since 2007. It is now 11:55, five minutes before the appointed hour.

Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight
US Military Rescues Iranian Sailors, Again
US Military Rescues Iranian Sailors, Again
For the second time in as many weeks, the U.S. military has rescued distressed Iranian sailors, despite the extremely high tensions between the two nations.
Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Foxconn Plant In China
Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Foxconn Plant In China
Some 300 Chinese Foxconn employees who manufacture X-box 360 machines said they would throw themselves from their Wuhan, China, plant if demands for lost wages were not met.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, has died
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, has died
Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69.
Vaclav Havel, former Czech president, leader of "Velvet Revolution," dies at 75
Vaclav Havel, former Czech president, leader of "Velvet Revolution," dies at 75
Vaclav Havel, an anti-Communist playwright who became Czech president and a worldwide symbol of peace and freedom after leading the bloodless "Velvet Revolution," died at the age of 75 on Sunday.
Mexican ex-officials work for US intelligence: report
Mexican ex-officials work for US intelligence: report
At least 80 former Mexican government officials are currently working as informants for US intelligence agencies, the daily La Jornada reported, citing senior Mexican officials.
Day of shame in the Middle East: Female protesters beaten with metal poles as vicious soldiers drag girls through streets
Day of shame in the Middle East: Female protesters beaten with metal poles as vicious soldiers drag girls through streets
Shocking images revealing the brutality of Egypt’s armed forces in quelling protests caused outrage around the world yesterday. In a video broadcast on the internet, security forces dressed in riot gear are seen chasing a woman and beating her to the ground...
Vladimir Putin 'would lose honest presidential election', says former Russian PM
Vladimir Putin 'would lose honest presidential election', says former Russian PM
Vladimir Putin has been rattled by recent protests against his rule and would lose an honest presidential election if he had the guts to allow one, a former Russian prime minister has claimed.
Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight
Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight
The Doomsday Clock, a figurative timepiece used as a barometer of humankind’s fate, was moved one minute closer to midnight on Tuesday, the first time it has been nudged forward since 2007. It is now 11:55, five minutes before the appointed hour.

Religious Jews still try to segregate Israel buses

Religious Jews still try to segregate Israel buses

Israel's political leaders and chief rabbis on Sunday condemned persistent efforts by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to sh...

Religious Jews still try to segregate Israel buses

Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote

Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote

Egypt's two leading Islamist parties said on Sunday their separate party lists secured about three-quarters of votes ...

Egypt's Islamists claim sweep of second round vote

Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Jordan, Israel

Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Jordan, Israel

An Egyptian pipeline carrying gas to Israel and Jordan was bombed Sunday, the 10th such attack this year, but no fire...

Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Jordan, Israel

Secret U.S., Taliban talks reach turning point

Secret U.S., Taliban talks reach turning point

After 10 months of secret dialogue with Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents, senior U.S. officials say the talks have re...

Secret U.S., Taliban talks reach turning point

Arab uprising could spark unrest in UK: general

Arab uprising could spark unrest in UK: general

Britain's top soldier warned on Wednesday that pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East could spawn militant Islami...

Arab uprising could spark unrest in UK: general

Israeli officials say Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is doomed

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, second from left, now thinks it’s inevitable that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad will be deposed. He also predicts that Assad’s removal would undermine an alliance of Israel’s enemies.

In a shift, Israeli officials are welcoming the prospect that Syria’s embattled president, Bashar al-Assad, will be o...

Israeli officials say Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is doomed

Iran to exploit power vacuum as US quits Iraq: analysts

Iran to exploit power vacuum as US quits Iraq: analysts

The US withdrawal from Iraq will leave a power vacuum in the Gulf, analysts say, paving the way for Iran to increase ...

Iran to exploit power vacuum as US quits Iraq: analysts

Obama calls on Iran to give back downed US drone

Obama calls on Iran to give back downed US drone

The Obama administration has delivered a formal request to Iran for the return of a U.S. surveillance drone captured ...

Obama calls on Iran to give back downed US drone

U.S. military drone crashes in Seychelles

U.S. military drone crashes in Seychelles

One of the Air Force’s premier drones crashed Tuesday morning in the Seychelles, the Indian Ocean archipelago that se...

U.S. military drone crashes in Seychelles

Iranian protesters storm British diplomatic compounds

Iranian protesters storm British diplomatic compounds

Iranian protesters stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows, torching a car an...

Iranian protesters storm British diplomatic compounds

Norway massacre: Breivik declared insane

Breivik has admitted the killings, insisting they were "necessary"

Psychiatrists assessing self-confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik have concluded that he is sufferi...

Norway massacre: Breivik declared insane

Pakistan boycotts Bonn conference over NATO strike

Pakistan boycotts Bonn conference over NATO strike

Pakistan on Tuesday decided to boycott a key international conference on Afghanistan next month, widening its protest...

Pakistan boycotts Bonn conference over NATO strike
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