Clinton offers Gulf states joint AMD shield against Iran

Published: 31 March, 2012, 19:41 Edited: 31 March, 2012, 23:57

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has proposed improved collaboration with Gulf Arab states on maritime security and missile defense to counter potential threats from Iran.

Clinton told a security conference in Saudi Arabia on…

Navy: We’re 4 Years Away From Laser Guns on Ships

By Spencer Ackerman

March 30, 2012 | 4:30 pm

The dream of sailors, nerds and sailor-nerds everywhere is on the verge of coming true, senior Navy technologists swear.  Within four years, they claim they’ll have a working prototype of a laser…

Putin targets foes with 'zombie' gun which attack victims' central nervous system

• Could be used against Russia's enemies and perhaps its own dissidents

By Christopher Leake and…

Al-Qaeda 'plotting another 9/11’ from Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda fighters have returned to Afghanistan and will use the country as a base to launch September 11-style attacks on Western cities, according to the American ambassador to Kabul.

By Con Coughlin

10:00PM BST 30 Mar 2012

Ryan…

Chicago bans anti-war march during NATO Summit

Published: 30 March, 2012, 08:34

A judge has rejected the demands of anti-war activists for a march to be held in Chicago during a NATO summit planned for November. The activists say the city’s arguments against the march defy logic.

­Anti-war activists filed a request to court after their initial demands for a march…

Did the US just break the secret Israeli-Azerbaijani alliance against Iran?

Published: 31 March, 2012, 00:47

According to an alleged leak, Israel is secretly staging an airstrike on Iran in neighboring Azerbaijan.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been salivating over the thought of bombing Iranian nuclear facilities for some time now, and an…

Fiery tornado five times the size of Earth erupts on sun's surface - and scientists say 2 million degree whirlwind MUST play a role in triggering solar storms

By Rob Waugh

PUBLISHED: 23:02 GMT, 27 March 2012 |…

U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan villagers 'had many accomplices', survivors of massacre claim

• Pentagon insists Staff Sgt Robert Bales did not have any accomplices
• Mother-of-six who lost husband insists up to 20 U.S. soldiers involved

By…

Did MI6 agents 'specialising in dark arts' kill spy in bag? New evidence emerges sparking fresh questions from the victim's family

• Gareth Williams's family believe a third party was either present when he died or broke into his home afterwards to destroy evidence
• Crime scene forensic scientist’s OWN DNA was found on Mr Williams’s…

'One spark and we'll have another Piper Alpha on our hands': Naked flame that threatens repeat of Britain's deadliest rig disaster is still alight on 'well from hell'

• The Piper Alpha explosion off Aberdeen in July 1988, was the world's worst off-shore oil disaster, killing 167
  
  
• Leak could take six months to stem due to pressure below North Sea…

'Climate change' in the sun could leave Earth at the mercy of violent solar storms and cosmic ray blasts - and our aircraft may not be built to cope

By Rob Waugh

PUBLISHED: 00:39 GMT, 29 March 2012 |…

Woman dies after ambulance 'refused to pick her up because she was still able to talk'

By Hugo Gye

PUBLISHED: 03:42 GMT, 29 March 2012 | UPDATED: 03:42 GMT, 29 March 2012

A…

Radiation blowback: 10 times lethal level registered at Fukushima

Published: 28 March, 2012, 20:56

A recent examination at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has revealed radiation levels up to ten times the fatal dose. The news alarmed thousands of people who have been living in constant fear of radiation exposure for over a year.

­On Tuesday, Fukushima workers inserted a remotely controlled…

Agents can ‘bend and suspend the law’ – FBI training docs

Published: 29 March, 2012, 07:44

The FBI taught its agents that “bending or suspending the law” is sometimes OK, a review of training papers reveals. The documents also say Arabs are prone to “Jekyll and Hyde temper tantrums” and advise agents to “never shake hands with an Asian".

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The FBI has…

Federal agents kill man in phony murder-for-hire plot

Private jets, 13 mansions and a $100,000 mobile home just for the dogs: Televangelists 'defrauded tens of million of dollars from Christian network'

By Nina Golgowski

PUBLISHED: 21:21 GMT, 23 March 2012 |…

In a twist: The bizarre 'corkscrew' clouds creating a magical spectacle in the high-altitude skies over Mount Rainier

• Lenticular clouds captured by amateur photographer over the Washington State national park

By Kerry…

'It's completely unexpected': Mystery of strange cloud formations over Martian landscape

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 10:08 GMT, 24 March 2012 | UPDATED: 19:12 GMT, 24 March…

Massive ex-Gaddafi weapons cache turns up in Algeria

Published: 21 February, 2012, 02:10

Two caches with 43 anti-aircraft missiles and other weaponry have been unveiled in Algeria. Local security forces say the arsenal was smuggled in from Libya and buried near the border.

­The two caches were found near the town of In Amenas, in southern Algeria on the Libyan…

Mali coup led by US-trained captain

Published: 24 March, 2012, 16:14

Edited: 24 March, 2012, 21:49

A US Africa Command official confirmed on Friday the leader of military coup d’état in Mali has visited the US on several occasions, receiving professional military education.

­Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo participated in…