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-Just before it crashed to earth in a smoldering knot of bankrupt wreckage, one of America’s crooked savings-and-loan institutions, amidst much panicked parboiling of hooks and ledgers, described its lack of cash as an “ephemeral fiscal shortfall.” Imaginative euphemisms are an American tradition. Recall, for instance, one other: “the unfair advantage.” That was the annotation Roger Penske and Mark Donohue, throughout their long partnership. affixed to what was, in less
Iraqi security forces fought Islamic State militants at the gates of the western city of Ramadi on Friday, and local authorities warned it was in danger of falling unless reinforcements arrived soon. Police sources and provincial council members said the militants were no more than half a kilometer from the center of the capital of Anbar province, and many residents were rushing to leave, waving white flags. “The situation in
By Mohamed Mokashaf ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday he would not leave the country, dismissing reports in the Gulf Arab media that he was seeking a safe exit as Saudi Arabian war planes bomb troops loyal to him and their Houthi militia allies. The United Nations, meanwhile, said about 150,000 people had been driven from their homes by three weeks of air strikes
Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former aide to late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and a leader of Iraq’s Sunni insurgency, may have been killed by Iraqi forces and Shi’ite militias fighting the insurgents. Douri was killed in a military operation, Raed al-Jubouri, the governor of Salahuddin province, told Reuters. Amongst the bodies was Douri’s.” He said the operation was carried out in the Hamrin area near al Alam in Salahuddin province,
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Recent satellite images published on Thursday show China has made rapid progress in building an airstrip suitable for military use in contested territory in the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands and may be planning another, moves that have been greeted with concern in the United States and Asia. IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly said March 23 images from Airbus Defence and Space showed work on
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hackers have managed to penetrate computer networks associated with the Israeli military in an espionage campaign that skillfully packages existing attack software with trick emails, according to private security researchers. Waylon Grange, a researcher with security firm Blue Coat Systems Inc who discovered the campaign, said the vast majority of the software was cobbled together from widely available tools, such as the remote-access
By Ed Cropley PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa sought diplomatic support from countries across the continent on Friday to defeat the “demon” of anti-immigrant violence in which at least four people have been killed over the past fortnight. Foreign nationals have complained that the South African police are failing to protect them, raising the prospect of a row between Pretoria and its neighbors, as well as stirring hostility to South
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man accused of plotting to attack a military base or prison after returning to the U.S. from terrorist training in Syria has pleaded not guilty.
Al-Qaeda militants in southeast Yemen on Friday seized heavy weapons as they overran a key camp in Hadramawt provincial capital Mukalla, consolidating their grip on the city, an official said. “Today Al-Qaeda fighters took control of the 27th Mechanised Brigade’s camp and seized heavy weapons including tanks and artillery,” the official told AFP, confirming that Al-Qaeda now controlled all of Mukalla a day after seizing its airport. Until Friday, the
The family of Martin Richard asks prosecutors to accept a plea deal for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
