World News

In Malaysia, Online Election Battles Take Nasty Turn

Ahead of Malayasia's elections on Sunday, independent online media say they are being targeted in Internet attacks which filter content and throttle access to websites, threatening to deprive voters of their main source of independent reporting.

When Minutes Matter Most

US naval.png

Hagel: US Rethinking Arming Syrian Rebels

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the United States is rethinking its opposition to arming Syrian rebels.

Somalia famine killed nearly 260,000 people, half of them children – reports UN

05-02-2013somaliakenya_0_0.jpg
Somali families displaced at Dhobley near the Somalia-Kenya border.

Could not connect2