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Olympics in danger as Brazil plunges into turmoil

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies voted overwhelmingly yesterday to open impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, a move that plunges the country into deeper chaos just months before the summer Olympic games. The 367-137 vote was well over the 342 votes needed for the proceedings to move ahead to the Senate, where… Read More

Iran pokes world in eye with missile display

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday vowed to defend Muslim countries against terrorism and Israel while insisting that its neighbors should not feel threatened. Speaking during a National Army Day parade in which Iranian forces displayed sophisticated air defense systems recently acquired from Russia, Rouhani praised Tehran’s role in helping… Read More

More troops on the ground against ISIS?

Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad Monday to talk to Iraqi leaders about beefing up Iraqi forces working to retake the northern city of Mosul, a critical goal in the effort to defeat the Islamic State group. A senior U.S. official said that as the U.S. moves to help… Read More

Deadly earthquake kills over 270 in Ecuador

It was supposed to be a family reunion to celebrate a young relative’s start of college. But the gathering ended in tragedy when a collapsing building crushed 17-year-old Sayira Quinde, her mother, father and toddler brother in their rusting Chevy Blazer. A grief-stricken aunt, Johana Estupinan, now is making the… Read More

US military arrives in Japan with disaster aid

U.S. airlifts delivered water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies Monday to a remote area of southern Japan stricken by two powerful earthquakes, as local rescuers searched for nine people still reported missing. Authorities said at least 42 people died and more than 1,000 were injured in the quakes… Read More

North Korea ramping up nuclear stockpile

As North Korea intensifies testing of its ballistic missile technology, a U.S. website said Friday it also sees further signs from satellite imagery that North Korea is looking to produce more plutonium for nuclear weapons. The website 38 North, which monitors sites in North Korea associated with its weapons programs,… Read More

Betrayal! Pakistan murdered CIA agents

The relationship between the United States and Pakistan has been on shaky grounds for years, and numerous intelligence experts have suggested that Osama bin Laden using the country as a hideout — living just a few hundred yards away from a Pakistani military academy — was no accident. Could this… Read More

Sorry, Kim! North Korea missile launch fails, embarrasses dictator

A North Korea missile launch meant to celebrate the birthday of the country’s founder has apparently failed, South Korean and U.S. officials said Friday, an embarrassing setback in what was reportedly the inaugural test of a new, powerful mid-range missile. The U.S. and South Korean officials provided few details, including… Read More

Justice! 5 terror suspects arrested in raid

British police have arrested five people as part of an investigation following the deadly attacks in Paris and in Brussels. West Midlands Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale says in a statement Friday that the arrests aim to address “any associated threat to the U.K. following the attacks in Europe.” Four… Read More

Judge orders Paris and Belgium attack suspects in jail for another month

A Belgian judge on Thursday ordered Mohamed Abrini and six other suspects arrested in connection with the attacks in Paris and Brussels kept behind bars for another month, prosecutors said. Abrini, 31, has acknowledged being the “man in the hat” seen leaving Brussels Airport the morning of March 22, when… Read More