Foreign holdings of U.S. debt hit record high

by -NO AUTHOR- -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Foreign demand for U.S. Treasury securities rose to a record high in April. China, the largest buyer of Treasury debt, increased its holdings slightly after more…

Chinese plot to strip Americans of firearms

by Jeff Knox -- On May 25, the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a report titled "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011" more…

Egypt's parliament dissolved by court

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (AP) — Judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament Thursday and ruled his former prime minister eligible for the presidential runoff election this weekend – setting more…

China tech company brags: We hacked U.S. telecoms

by -NO AUTHOR- -- By F. Michael Maloof WASHINGTON – A major Chinese telecommunications company has been boasting how it was able to hack into U.S. and international telecommunications networks and intercept more…

Warning for American travelers in Mexico

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (ABC NEWS) — American travelers to Mexico should beware of possible violent retaliation for this week's arrest of alleged Zetas drug cartel associates and family members inside the more…

Iran arrests scientist killers

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) — Iran on Thursday said it arrested a number of chief suspects in the assassinations of two of its nuclear scientists in the past two years, more…