Book gives Brazil military's version of dictatorship
Former military officers are countering accounts of abuses during Brazil's 1964-1985 dictatorship with a new, briskly selling book that takes aim at President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who underwent torture. ... more
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22 killed in third day of deadly Iraq violence
A spate of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims across Iraq killed 22 people on Thursday, the latest in a spike in unrest amid weeks of anti-government protests and a political crisis engulfing the country. ... more
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Oops, we tipped it again: Mission over for sideways US lander
Musk's SpaceX faces new setback after Starship explosion
European rocket successfully carries out first commercial mission
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Outside View: 'Marshall Parks' in Mideast
On Dec. 4, 2008, exactly 40 years after returning from a tour as an infantryman in the Vietnam War, U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., spoke of peace. ... more
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Mali war triggers fears of wider conflict
As France steps up its war on jihadists in Mali, there are concerns the intervention could trigger a wider conflict with al-Qaida - just as the 2011 U.S.-NATO intervention in Libya that helped topple Moammar Gadhafi led to the Islamist conquest of northern Mali. ... more
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Outside View: Word on the Benghazi street
The word from Libyan journalists in Benghazi is that the attack on the U.S. consulate was carried out, not by terrorists, but by remaining elements of Moammar Gadhafi supporters. Libyan Deputy Interior Minister Wanis al-Sharif has publically claimed that the attack was carried out by pro-Gadhafi elements. ... more
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Trump to welcome crypto elite at White House
A catalytic two-step: Transforming industrial CO2 into a renewable fuel
Chip-based system for terahertz waves could enable more efficient, sensitive electronics
