By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S. special forces raid against an Islamic State leader in Syria caught the jihadist group off guard, killing not only the declared target, but also two other important figures, jihadist sources in Syria said. The sources said a spy must have infiltrated the movement and passed on vital information that helped the U.S. commandos zero in on the home of their victim early
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting mostly lower in midday trading as the market comes off its latest record high.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway said on Tuesday he expects an early June vote on legislation to repeal U.S. meat labeling laws to avoid costly retaliation from Canada and Mexico.
Heather Hironimus has fought to avoid circumcising her 4-year-old son.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is moving to collect more information on antibiotics used in animals that become meat. It’s an effort to stem antibiotic-resistant diseases.
Heather Hironimus refused to cooperate with a court order requiring her to circumcise her 4-year-old son, the result of a year-long legal battle with the boy’s father.
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CANNES, France (AP) — A new scholarship program announced at the Cannes Film Festival hopes to help more Arab women break into filmmaking.
Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners Tuesday after beheading nearly as many people since the start of the year as it did in the whole of 2014. It said that as well as beheadings, the successful candidates would be expected to carry out amputations ordered by the courts under the kingdom’s strict version of Islamic sharia law. Drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are all punishable by
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. military officer says North Korea is “many years” away from being able to launch ballistic missiles from a submarine.
