You can’t go home again: The uncertain fate of Edward Snowden
On the run in Hong Kong, Edward Snowden, the man who blew the lid on the NSA’s PRISM program, lamented he may never see home again. Barring a lifetime behind…
Obama announces restrictions on drone strikes, pledges to close Gitmo
President Barack Obama announced drastic changes to the United States’ counterterrorism operations Thursday, reforming the rules that guide America’s drone program while also expediting the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees.…
LulzSec hackers handed down prison terms, suspended sentence
Members of the British LulzSec hacking group were sentenced for a series of global cyber-attacks in 2011. Two of the hacktivists have received prison terms, one will be sent to…
Leaving Earth: 78,000 apply for a one-way ticket to Mars
The Mars One project to establish the first human settlement on the Red Planet by 2023 has received 78,000 applications in just two weeks, with as many as 500,000 expected…
Earthquake in China has claimed 157 lives, with more than 5,700 injured (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in southwestern China has left 157 dead and more than 5,700 people injured, Reuters reports. The Chinese army has stepped in to deal with the debris…
Gold price set for worst 2-day loss in 30 years
Gold is headed for its biggest two-day drop in 30 years being below $1,400 per ounce for the first time since March 2011 in the wake of underwhelming Chinese growth…
Maduro wins Venezuela elections by narrow margin
With the vote split almost equally acting President Nicolas Maduro has won Venezuelan presidential election to replace Hugo Chavez. The opposition leader Henrique Capriles however claimed fraud on the part…
Margaret Thatcher dies
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died peacefully on Monday morning following a stroke. She was 87 years old. The death of the politician, known as the Iron Lady,…
N. Korea says it has final approval for nuclear attack on US
North Korean army says it has final approval for nuclear attack on the US, the official KCNA news agency says. This comes shortly after the Pentagon said the US military…
China mobilizes military, on ‘high alert’ over N. Korea threats
China has started mobilizing military forces around the Korean peninsula in response to rising tensions that follow recent threats by North Korea to launch missile attacks against its southern neighbor…
