National Security

Iranians Pull Out of Nuke Talks

Update: White House defends implementation of sanctions, tells reporters to question Iranian delegation

Adam Kredo
December 13, 2013
Ake Sellstrom (L), Head of the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic, hands his report over to Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters in New York December 12, 2013. Chemical weapons were likely used in five out of seven attacks investigated by U.N. experts in Syria, where a 2-1/2-year civil war has killed over 100,000 people, according to the U.N. report published on Thursday.
USS Cowpens
National Security

Chinese Naval Vessel Tries to Force U.S. Warship to Stop in International Waters

Landing ship sailed dangerously close to U.S. guided missile cruiser

Bill Gertz
December 13, 2013