Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C., stole and sold approximately $2 million in guns and combat equipment to streets gangs and to China and Russia, military officials confirmed. The stolen guns and combat gear included assault rifles, night-vision goggles and flashlights.
European Union naval forces attacked known pirate supplies in an overnight raid in Somalia on Tuesday.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief inspector Hermann Nackaerts pressed Tehran to allow access to people, documents, information and sites, before two days of preliminary talks with Iran's envoy, Ali Asghar Soltanieh in Vienna began on Monday.
China sent military observers to Syria as part of the U.N. mission there supervising a crumbling ceasefire. Meanwhile, bombings last week in Damascus and attacks against a U.N. convoy in the south call into question the safety of peacekeepers in the country.
Gold prices fell to a 4-1/2-month low on Monday, hit by concerns about a worsening debt crisis in the euro zone following political deadlock in Greece which fuelled risk aversion and put pressure on the euro.
Afghanistan will be the focus of a crucial NATO summit in Chicago this month, said NATO Secretary General Ander Fogh Rasmussen during a press conference on Friday. But Pakistan, once a crucial partner in NATO's efforts there, may not be represented at the event.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has recommended Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin for a seat on the board of the state oil and gas holding company while announcing that Sechin will leave the Cabinet Sunday.
Rescuers have some recovered bodies of 50 people on board the brand new Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft, which crashed shortly after takeoff on Wednesday.
Russian authorities claimed Thursday that government intelligence agents foiled a terrorist plot targeting Sochi, host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, seizing caches of arms and ammunition in the Georgian breakaway territory of Abkhazia earlier this week.
Fashion's Night Out is once gain stepping out on the international stage. The Vogue-hosted shopping event is set to expand to all 19 territories that publish Vogue magazine for 2012.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday called off a much anticipated visit to the US where he was to join the other world leaders in a key summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations and meet with US President Barack Obama, the Kremlin announced, citing domestic concerns as the reason behind the change of plans.
Senator Richard Lugar, who recently lost a primary election for the first time in 36 years, is a legend for his efficacy as a bipartisan politician. Now 80 years old, he will retire from the Senate and pursue other means of public service.
A Russian Sukhoi SuperJet 100 vanished over Indonesia on Wednesday during a demo flight meant to promote Russia's first newly-designed passenger jet since the Soviet collapse.
Hacktivists boasting allegiance to the Russian branch of hacker collective Anonymous are claiming responsibility for temporarily shutting down the websites of the Kremlin and the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
The six-term Republican senator from Indiana issued a statement more than 1,000 words long after losing a primary battle to Richard Mourdock, a state treasurer.
The Sukhoi SuperJet 100, the first new Russian passenger plane in over 20 years, was on a demonstration flight in the hope of selling to local airlines
The group of hackers known as Anonymous on Wednesday kept its promise to join the protest against President Vladimir Putin by temporarily shutting down the Kremlin website, the official online page of the presidency.
Neither premium chicken sandwiches nor Angus burgers could tempt U.S. consumers to spend more on higher-priced items at McDonald's, as a tepid U.S. economic recovery kept restaurant spending in check.
Among the flurry of decrees Vladimir Putin issued after returning to the presidency for a historic third term were calls for faster privatization and government-sponsored boost in capital investment and closer ties with the US, based on equality, non-interference in internal affairs and respect for one another's interests.
For horses, it's been a long and winding road from the steppes of Eurasia 6,000 years ago to the Kentucky Derby today. A new genetic study sheds light on how early equines expanded geographically before and after they were domesticated by humans.
Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's government to boost investment and shake up state-run industries in a flurry of decrees issued after he returned to the presidency on Monday with a call for a new economy.
About 150 people were injured when gas-filled balloons exploded during a rally for the Republican Party in the capital city of Yerevan
