The U.S. today announced a major diplomatic breakthrough in talks with North Korea. Under the terms of an agreement reached last week in Beijing, North Korea has agreed to allow the return of nuclear inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency.  They’ve also agreed to a moratorium on long-range missile tests, nuclear tests, and nuclear [...]

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It was the red carpet prank the world had been waiting for. Ever since word got out that Sacha Baron Cohen had been banned, then subsequently un-banned, from attending the 84th annual Academy Awards, everyone was waiting to see what “The Dictator” would do. Cohen, dressed as Admiral General Aladeen, his upcoming character from the [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Friday, February 17, 2012: – Payroll tax cut deal announced – Report: Most Honduras fire inmates awaited trial – Foreclosure activity edged higher in the month of January – Birthday turns into memorial for North Korean leader

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Here are your top stories for this Thursday, December 29, 2011: – Ron Paul back in Iowa – Kim Jong Il‘s funeral held in N. Korea – Sen. Ben Nelson retiring – Crocodile attacks lawn mower

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The funeral of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was held on the streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday, drawing thousands of mourners. North Korean state TV aired the services and showed a tearful Kim Jong Un, the son and chosen successor of his father, trudging through the snow alongside the procession as it started at [...]

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The circumstances surrounding the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il grow cloudier and cloudier with each passing day. As soon as North Korea’s Central News Agency reported over the weekend that Kim died of a heart attack on a train while heading to an undisclosed location, Seoul’s Korea Times ran a headline that [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Tuesday, December 20, 2011: – Hillary Clinton hopes for better North Korean relations – Mourning on streets of North Korean capital – House may reject Senate’s payroll tax deal – Fire consumes airport control tower complex

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead at the age of 69, according to North Korean state television. He apparently died from fatigue during a train ride on Saturday, a weeping television announcer revealed late tonight from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. State TV also announced that Kim Jong Eun will take over as leader. Kim [...]

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Well, here’s an image you certainly don’t see every day.  Italian clothes company Benetton has pulled a controversial ad campaign featuring the pope kissing a leading imam after the Vatican issued a stern condemnation. The company said it was “sorry that the use of the image had so hurt the sensibilities of the faithful.” The [...]

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North Korean president Kim Jong Il issued a “special pardon” on Tuesday for two U.S. journalists and ordered that they be released thanks to a request from former President Bill Clinton. The release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were sentenced in June to twelve years of hard labor, reflected North Korea’s “humanitarian and [...]

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