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TEHRAN, Iran – Irandeployed its first locally-manufactured fighter bomber plane on Wednesday during large-scale military exercises, state-run television reported. “The bomber Saegheh or lightening is similar to (the American) F-18but more powerful. It was designed, optimized and improved by Iranian experts,” the report said. The report said the Iranian air …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – In Japanese villages each year, local fishermen hunt for large numbers of dolphins by herding them into shallow coves and then, scientists say, attacking them with knives and even eviscerating them alive. Now, a broad-based coalition including marine scientists and aquarium workers is demanding that the Japanese …

BASRA, Iraq – British and Iraqi forces raided homes in southern Iraq on Monday and arrested four suspects in the kidnapping of four American security guards and their Austrian co-worker, an official said. The raid, which began late Sunday and ended early Monday morning, took place in Zubair, a mostly …