Photos show Iran base decimated by blast
A recent deadly explosion at a missile base in Iran caused major devastation and will take much longer to repair than a top Iranian general has predicted, according to an analysis of new satellite photos of the More...
US Cyber Monday spending hits new high
US online shopping hit a record high on Cyber Monday with people racking up $1.25 billion worth of purchases on the Internet, according to comScore. Sales at US e-commerce sites topped last year’s Cyber Monday More...
Czech illustrator Zdenek Miler dies, aged 90
Czech illustrator and animated film director Zdenek Miler, the author of the world-renowned “Little Mole” (Krtek) character, died at the age of 90 Wednesday, Czech news agency CTK said. Miler produced More...
Somali pirates jailed for French kidnapping
A French court on Wednesday jailed five Somali men for between four and eight years for taking a French couple hostage on their yacht in the Gulf of Aden, and acquitted a sixth. In France’s first prosecution More...
Spanish builder finds Facebook hacking flaw
A Spanish builder stumbled on an online loophole that enables users to send Facebook messages in other users’ names, prompting an alert by authorities, he said Wednesday. Spain’s Internet watchdog said More...
Nude Lady Gaga reveals all on bad romance
Eccentric “Bad Romance” songstress Lady Gaga says she has an “inability to know what happiness feels like with a man,” in typically outspoken comments accompanying a nude magazine photospread. Gaga More...
Muslim Brotherhood claims lead in Egyptian poll
The Muslim Brotherhood claimed to have a lead on Wednesday in the early vote count in Egypt’s first free election since army officers ousted the king in 1952. No official results in the parliamentary vote were More...
Yemen Islamists decry ‘siege’ by Shiite rebels
Thousands of Sunni Islamists rallied Wednesday in the Yemeni capital protesting against the alleged siege of a religious school by Shiite rebels in the north. The Huthi rebels attacked the Salafist Dar al-Hadith More...