New leader chosen for Tenn-Tom Waterway board
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority has hired an Alabama man as its new administrator.
N. Korea calls Obama ‘monkey’ in hacking row
North Korea blamed its recent Internet outage on the United States on Saturday and hurled racially charged insults at President Barack Obama over the hacking row involving the movie “The Interview.”
Capacity crowds pack screenings of ‘The Interview’
Critics and early viewers agree that “The Interview” is less than a masterpiece.
Sony tries to save face with ‘Interview’ flip-flop
Sony’s flip-flop on releasing “The Interview” shows the studio is working furiously to try to chart the right course through political and public-opinion minefields.
Sony film took aim at North Korea’s biggest taboo
The movie, “The Interview,” pushed all of North Korea’s buttons.
‘The Interview’ deserves to be seen
That I was one of the relative few to see “The Interview” is not a boast I take any pleasure in.
Message from Islamic State group leader emerges
In a recording released days after he was reported to be wounded in an airstrike, the leader of the Islamic State group said the U.S.-led coalition’s campaign had failed and it would eventually have to send ground troops into battle.
North Korean leader reappears publicly — with cane
After vanishing from the public eye for nearly six weeks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back, ending rumors that he was gravely ill, deposed or worse.
Where’s North Korea’s Kim?
For the first time in three years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un didn’t appear at a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party on Friday.
Malala plotter chosen as Pakistani Taliban chief
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — The ruthless commander behind the attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai as well as a series of bombings and beheadings
NAACP preparing to search for new CEO
WASHINGTON — The NAACP’s board is forming a search committee to find the next president and CEO for the nation’s largest civil rights organization, its
China’s new leader campaigns to cut pomp
New communist leader Xi Jinping is on a mission to soften the image of Chinese officialdom, winning kudos for his breezy personal style and ordering leaders to take a knife to the pomp, formality and waste that have alienated many among the public.
Xi Jinping takes helm of communist China
Xi Jinping succeeded Hu Jintao as China’s leader today, assuming the top posts in the Communist Party and the powerful military in a once-a-decade political transition unbowed by scandals, a slower economy and public demands for reforms.