British Police Have New Leads in Case of Missing Girl
 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LONDON) -- Police in Great Britain said they have identified new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who went missing in Portugal six years ago at the age of three.Several persons of interest, as well as "both investigative and forensic opportunities" in the case, have been identified by Scotland Yard, authorities said.Metropolitan Police said they were working with Portuguese police to determine the next steps, even though the missing girl's case is cl
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North Korea Launches Three Short-Range Guided Missiles
 Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- The South Korean Defense Ministry says that North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into waters off its east coast on Saturday, raising concerns about the potential for more military provocation in the region.Two KN-02 missiles were fired in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, spokesman Min-seok Kim said.Unlike the mid-range Musudan missiles which are believed to be capable of traveling more than 1,800 miles, within reac
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Russia Unmasks CIA Station Chief in Moscow
 AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) – In a breach of protocol, Russia has publicized the name of a man it says is the CIA station chief in Moscow.In comments to Russian media Friday, a spokesman for Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB (the successor to the KGB), confirmed that Russia had complained to the CIA station chief in Moscow about efforts to recruit Russian officers as spies as far back as 2011. The name of the supposed CIA agent appeared in a quote attributed to the FSB spokesman
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Dempsey and Hagel Call Russian Missiles to Syria 'Ill-Timed,' 'Unfortunate'
 Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- At their joint news conference Friday at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey addressed the reports of new Russian missile sales to Syria. Dempsey called it “ill-timed” and an "unfortunate decision." Hagel agreed with Dempsey with regards to missiles “and whatever else is involved with the Russians does not help. It makes it more dangerous.”Hagel said Secretary of Stat
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Nine Killed, Dozens Wounded in Kandahar Attack
 File photo. Stocktrek Images/Thinkstock(KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan) -- Nine people were killed more than 50 injured when twin vehicle bombs exploded in a housing complex of Kandahar City in Aghanistan. Children are reportedly among the dead and injured.The complex, called Aino Mina, houses more than a half million people in the outskirts of Kandahar. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Kandahar media blames Taliban. This is the latest in a series of blasts that have killed Afg
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Jewelry Heist at Cannes Straight Out of Hollywood
 ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images(CANNES, France) -- It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller: while a fancy jewelry company is hosting a ball at the Cannes Festival, thieves break into a company employees’ hotel room and steal $1 million worth of jewelry.But this story is real. It happened in Cannes overnight.A representative of Chopard, the Swiss-based watch and jewelry company, left the stash in the safe in his room at the Novotel Hotel in Cannes while he attended a late-night gal
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Four Possible Anonymous Hackers Arrested in Italy
 FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/AFP/Getty Images(ROME) -- Police in Italy have arrested four possible members of Anonymous, the global hacker group known for attacking websites of organizations that opposed the exposed WikiLeaks documents.The suspects have been placed under house arrest, accused of targeting Italian government and parliament websites, as well as those of the Vatican.Police say while the suspects are charged with hacking, it is not clear if they are individuals acting for their own private
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Talk to the Hand: Japanese Researchers Reimagine Smart Phone
 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TOKYO) -- It’s not exactly the next big smartphone, but if you spend one too many hours searching for that misplaced iPhone, this could be even better. Researchers at the University of Tokyo are developing a system that puts the mobile phone on the palm of your hand -- literally.
Using a special camera that combines high-speed vision and two rotational mirrors, Masatoshi Ishikawa and his team at the Ishikawa Oku Laboratory say they’ve found a way to project a d
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Syrian 'Cannibal' Says He Will Stand Trial if Assad Does
 Alessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The recent video of a Syrian rebel commander carving open the corpse of a fighter loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, removing several organs and biting into what appeared to be a lung, shocked and revolted even the closest observers of Syria’s increasingly brutal civil war.A new video has now surfaced of the rebel, Khalid al-Hamad -- who goes by the nom-de-guerre Abu Sakkar -- in which he warns that “if the blood in Syria doesn’t s
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Russia Urges Iran to Attend Syria Peace Summit
 ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Moscow is putting pressure on Iran to take an active role in a conference planned for the beginning of June that seeks a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict in Syria.Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced together that they would spearhead an international peace summit on Syria with members of both President Bashar al Assad's regime and the main Syrian opposition group expected to be in a
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