Protesters attend a protest rally in Hong Kong Sunday, Aug. 31
National Security

Clashes Escalate in Hong Kong Between Protesters, Police

Arrests come after China denied full democracy to financial center

Daniel Wiser
September 3, 2014
In this image made from video by The Associated Press, smoke rises from the direction of Tripoli airport in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Rival militias battled Sunday for the control of the international airport in Libya's capital
National Security

Missing Libyan Jetliners Raise Fears of Suicide Airliner Attacks on 9/11

Egypt set for military intervention as Libya spirals toward failed state

Bill Gertz
September 2, 2014
Militants from the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate the group's declaration of an Islamic state, in Fallujah