Barack Obama became the first US president to say publicly he was in favor of same-sex marriage, in a high-stakes intervention in a pre-election debate roiling American politics.
In what supporters will hail as a historic moment in civil rights history, Obama changed his stance, after previously saying he was “evolving” on gay marriage, a fiercely [...]
US spy chief James Clapper has ordered an inquiry into leaks to media outlets that exposed how the CIA foiled an al-Qaeda plot using a spy who infiltrated the terror group, officials said.
The internal review across 16 intelligence agencies came as US lawmakers denounced the leaks and warned the disclosures could jeopardize sensitive espionage work.
“It’s [...]
Three people were killed and five missing Wednesday after floods carrying volcanic debris swept through a town in eastern Indonesia, a government official said.
“Following heavy rains during the night, volcanic floods hit early morning at 2:00 am (1700 GMT),” national disaster mitigation agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
Two people were also injured as the floodwaters [...]
A campaign of cyber attacks has been targeting US natural gas pipeline operators, officials acknowledged,
raising security concerns about vulnerabilities in key infrastructure.
The Department of Homeland Security “has been working since March 2012 with critical infrastructure owners and operators in the oil and natural gas sector to address a series of cyber intrusions targeting natural gas [...]
Voters in North Carolina approved a state constitutional amendment explicitly forbidding gay marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships.
The measure was passed by 61 percent against 39 percent as of 0230 GMT, according to preliminary results from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Similar state constitutional amendments have been approved in some 30 US states.
The amendment [...]
Britain’s Prince Harry appealed for British and US veterans of the Afghan and Iraq conflicts not to be forgotten as he accepted a coveted humanitarian award from a Washington think tank.
Harry, 27, on Monday received the Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership Award from the Atlantic Council — “with great humility,” he said — in recognition of the [...]
Bolivia threatened a small payment — or even no payment — to Spain’s Red Electrica after the leftist government of President Evo Morales nationalized the firm’s local power grid.
The threat came as talks began between Spain’s REE and the Morales administration over how much Bolivia should pay the company for taking over its assets.
“All nationalizations [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — A jury in a high-profile technology case ruled Monday that Google violated copyrights owned by Oracle Corp. for the Android mobile platform, but failed to agree on whether damages should be awarded.
In a partial verdict, jurors were unable to decide on a key point of whether Google’s use of copyrighted Java software [...]
Syria goes to the polls Monday to elect a multi-party parliament that critics say will fail to bring change to the country, riven by a deadly revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
The vote, initially scheduled for September 2011, was postponed to May 7 after Assad announced the launch of a reform process.
It comes amid deadly unrest [...]
Asian markets tumbled and the euro hit a more than three-month low Monday after voters in France and Greece booted out ruling parties in a backlash against austerity measures aimed at battling the eurozone crisis.
The Euro fell Monday in Asian markets after the defeat of ruling parties in French and Greek elections, as investors worried [...]
