On August 9, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the elimination of a major U.S. combat command as a cost-cutting measure. The Joint Forces Command employs about 6,000 people around (the US southern city of) Norfolk, Virginia. People who li...
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, hidden, and daughter Sasha, walk over to greet people at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida upon their arrival, 14 Aug 2010 President Obama and his family are vacationing on the Gulf coas...
President Barack Obama hosts an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, 13 Aug 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama's support for an...
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, joined by White House press secretary Robert Gibbs (L) meets with reporters in the White House, 13 Aug 2010, for briefing on the Southwest Border Security Bill U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a $60...
Tourism officials in Washington say the U.S. economic downturn is forcing many Americans to scale back and even cancel their traditional vacation plans. But in the nation's capital, tourist visits are up. International travelers are behind the surge...
The U.S. space agency NASA says this year has been the warmest for the earth in 131 years. And a new study of hot weather in the U.S. released by the National Wildlife Federation predicts that extreme heat will be the norm by 2050. The private enviro...
There are efforts worldwide to control the release of harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to stop global warming. Some experts are now considering the idea of saving the planet through so-called geoengineering. The controversial idea is the...
Scientists say they have discovered a new gene among bacteria that are highly resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics. Experts say the superbug, originally found in India and other parts of South Asia, is showing up in patients in Europe and...
Newly discovered underwater treasures in the Italian seas near the Pontine Islands A team of marine archeologists using sonar scanners has discovered new underwater treasures in the Italian seas. Trading vessels dating from the first century BC to th...
Experts say it may be the latest warning of how climate change in some key farming regions could threaten world food supplies. In the new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers examined six years of data from 227 fa...
combination photo shows Fidel Castro attending a special session of parliament in his first official government appearance in front of lawmakers in four years in Havana A series of recent public appearances by Fidel Castro is raising questions about...
Indian laborers work on one of the venues of the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, 10 Aug 2010 India is preparing to host the Commonwealth Games in October a sporting event involving 71 nations. But the upcoming event is mired in allegations of corru...
I was very delighted to hear the topics and the briefing that Dr Muhammed ul-Qadri gave, especially on the aspect of de-radicalization of the youth What is being called the Western world's first anti-terror camp for young Muslims is being held in Bri...
After 19 years of experimenting - and some help from his local government - a Kurdish man has realized his childhood dream. Nareeman Anwar Saleh has flown his home-built airplane over his home town of Irbil. On a dusty, windswept runway, a small yell...
A massive ice island has broken off the coast of Greenland. Heat waves, droughts and floods have been wreaking havoc across the globe in recent weeks, and now scientists say a 250 square kilometer island of ice has broken off from a glacier in Greenl...
