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FILE - In this July 27, 2014 file photo, North Korean army soldiers watch the south side while a South Korean and United States Army soldiers stand guard at the border villages of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) North Korea on Saturday threatened to aim fire at the lighting equipment used by "provocative" American and South Korean troops at a truce village inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas. The North's Korean People's Army accused U.S. and South Korean soldiers of "deliberate provocations" by aiming their lights at North Korean guard posts at Panmunjom since Friday evening. The KPA said in a statement that the soldiers' actions have...

A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship fired three waing shots at an Iranian ship that sailed within 200 yards in the Northe Persian Gulf Wednesday after one of four close calls this week involving U.S. and Iranian vessels, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on Thursday. TheUSS Squall fired the shots, according to the official. On Tuesday, four Iranian small boats "harassed" the USS Nitze,sailing near the guided missile destroyerin the narrow Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. Navy official told Fox News. Other close calls this week involved the USS Tempest and USS Squall, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters Thursday. [embedded content] The Tempest and Squall were operating in i...

DEVELOPING:A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship fired three waing shots at an Iranian ship that sailed within 200 yards in the Northe Persian Gulf Wednesday after one of four close calls this week involving U.S. and Iranian vessels, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on Thursday. TheUSS Squall fired the shots, according to the official. On Tuesday, four Iranian small boats "harassed" the USS Nitze,sailing near the guided missile destroyerin the narrow Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. Navy official told Fox News. Other close calls this week involved the USS Tempest and USS Stout, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters Thursday. The Pentagon described the incidents as "unsafe and unp...

Donald Trump is getting pro-active about conces the White House race could be “rigged” against him, by recruiting “election observers” to help monitor the vote, though details of the program are unclear -- and are raising conces about potential Election Day confrontations. The campaign put out the call for volunteers in a newly added page on its website. The page asks visitors to register to become an election observer and help Trump “stop Crooked Hillary from rigging this election.” “I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged,” Trump said Friday at a campaign stop in Pesylvania,before suggesting he could lose the battleground state if “cheating goes on” in some parts. Noting the ...

Dramatic footage released by the U.S. Navy shows a close call earlier this year on the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. After an arresting cable broke as an E2-C Hawkeye aircraft was landing on the ship on March 18, the plane flew off the end of the carrier. The footage shows the plane, with its distinctive radar on top, disappearing over the side, but then reappearing after it recovers. The Navy awarded three pilots-- Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Browning, Lt. Cmdr. Kellen Smith, and Lt. Matthew Halliwell-- from that plane the Armed Forces' Air Medal in a ceremony aboard the Eisenhower this month. Related: US military aims to combat chemical threats with ‘smart uniform’ A close-u...

The man who was shot and killed by a Milwaukee police officer on Saturday – an incident which sparked a night of violet protests – is seen on body camera footage with a loaded gun in his hand, officials said at a Sunday news conference. Sylville K. Smith, 23, was identified Sunday as the subject of a Saturday afteoon traffic stop that tued deadly when Smith allegedly ran from officers and then tued toward one with a gun in his hand. Both Smith and the unidentified officer who shot him are black, Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Fly said. “The individual did tu toward the officer with a firearm in his hand,” said Fly, later adding that Smith “was raising up with” the gun. Fly said he had...

In this Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a missile is launched from a navy ship during a live ammunition drill in the East China Sea. (Associated Press) (Xinhua) China'snavy has fired dozens of missiles and torpedoes during exercises in the East ChinaSeathat come amid heightened maritime tensions in the region, underscoring Beijing's determination to back up its sovereignty claims with force if needed. The live-fire drills that began Monday followChina'sstrident rejection of an inteational arbitration panel's ruling last month that invalidated Beijing's claims to a vast swath of the SouthChinaSea. That led to days of angry statements from Beijing, followed by li...

In this Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a missile is launched from a navy ship during a live ammunition drill in the East China Sea. (Associated Press) (Xinhua) China'snavy has fired dozens of missiles and torpedoes during exercises in the East ChinaSeathat come amid heightened maritime tensions in the region, underscoring Beijing's determination to back up its sovereignty claims with force if needed. The live-fire drills that began Monday followChina'sstrident rejection of an inteational arbitration panel's ruling last month that invalidated Beijing's claims to a vast swath of the SouthChinaSea. That led to days of angry statements from Beijing, followed by li...

An artificial lake built in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb, top, is separated by a narrow strip of sand from the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay, below, where trash lines the shoreline. (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu) Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways ofRiode Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press. Not only are some 1,400 athletes at risk of getting violently ill in water competitions, but the AP's tests indicate that tourists also f...

Califoia's acting goveor declared a state of emergency Tuesday for two major wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and killed one person in the Los Angeles area. The declaration byTom Torlakson, who is in charge of the state while Gov. Jerry Brown and other top officials attend the Democratic National Convention, frees up state resources and temporarily sets aside regulations for the firefight and the recovery. The fire in rugged wildeess between the northe edge of Los Angeles and the suburban city of Santa Clarita has bued 58 1/2 square miles and at its peak forced about 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, though most have now retued. Authorities said Tuesday that they had ...

A woman was mauled to death and another was seriously injured when they were attacked by Siberian tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing. The pair reportedly got into an argument while driving around Beijing Badaling Wildlife World, which ended when one of the women decided to get out of their car. CCTV footage shows the moment a tiger leaps at the woman from behind, grabbing her and pulling her away from the vehicle. The attack prompted a man and a woman to get out of the car to chase after the tiger in a bid to help. The second woman was killed by a tiger, which then carried her body away. It is reported that park staff rushed to help the pair, but were only able to save one of them. T...

Police allegedly came under fire near an elementary school in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday. (FOX5DC) Police arrested five people for allegedly shooting at officers in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday, officials said. No injuries were reported. The group allegedly fired at police to avoid arrest, not as part of a targeted attack on cops, a police official told The Washington Post. Related Image Expand / Contract Five people allegedly opened fire on police in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday. (FOX5DC) Officers in marked police cruisers were responding to reports of gunshots just after midnight in southeast Washington, D.C., near Martin Luther King Elementary School, when the cops wer...

The Navy revised the medal count of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, removing two valor awards from the murdered ex-SEAL’s total, including one of his two Silver Stars. Kyle, who became well-known after his memoir “American Sniper” was tued into a critically acclaimed film, originally wrote that he eaed two Silver Stars, a statement consistent with a Navy separation form – also called a DD214 – from 2009, The Washington Post reported. But last month the Navy updated the form with the new medal count, removing one Silver Star and two Bronze Stars, an alteration first noted by USA Today on Friday. “After thoroughly reviewing all available records, the Navy determined an error was made in th...

July 8, 2016: South Korea's mock missiles are displayed next to North Korea's mock Scud-B, left, at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Saturday fired what appeared to be submarine-launched ballistic missile off its easte coast, the U.S. and South Korea said, in the latest test that's part of efforts by the North to advance technology capable of delivering nuclear warheads. The missile was fired from a location near the North Korean coastal town of Sinpo, where analysts have previously detected efforts by the North to develop submarine-launched ballistic missile systems, said an official from Seoul's Defense Ministry, who did...

July 16, 2010: Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. (Reuters) The deputy commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard declared Friday that there are tens of thousands of missiles in Lebanon ready to strike Israel. "Hezbollah has 100,000 missiles that are ready to hit Israel to liberate the occupied Palestinian territories if the Zionist regime repeats its past mistakes," Gen. Hossein Salami was quoted as saying by Tasnim, according to Reuters. The Jerusalem Post reported that Salami waed that Israel’s occupied territories could come under attack if they make the “wrong move.” “Today, the grounds for the aihilation and collapse of the Zionist regime are (present)...

July 16, 2010: Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. (Reuters) The deputy commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard declared Friday that there are tens of thousands of missiles in Lebanon ready to strike Israel. "Hezbollah has 100,000 missiles that are ready to hit Israel to liberate the occupied Palestinian territories if the Zionist regime repeats its past mistakes," Gen. Hossein Salami was quoted as saying by Tasnim, according to Reuters. The Jerusalem Post reported that Salami waed that Israel’s occupied territories could come under attack if they make the “wrong move.” “Today, the grounds for the aihilation and collapse of the Zionist regime are (present)...

Diversity might be a good thing, but forced training in tolerance not only fails in the business world, it backfires, according to a new Harvard study. Managers sent to mandatory diversity training sessions often come away resenting the very groups they are being encouraged to accept, according to the study, entitled “Why Diversity Programs Fail,” and published in the latest edition of Harvard Business Review. It gets even worse when threats and punishments are imposed to ensure participation, the study found. Related Image Expand / Contract ATel Aviv University Professor Alexandra Kalev, (l.), and Harvard Professor Frank Dobbin, (r.), wa that forcing diversity training on employees...

Diversity might be a good thing, but forced training in tolerance not only fails in the business world, it backfires, according to a new Harvard study. Managers sent to mandatory diversity training sessions often come away resenting the very groups they are being encouraged to accept, according to the study, entitled “Why Diversity Programs Fail,” and published in the latest edition of Harvard Business Review. It gets even worse when threats and punishments are imposed to ensure participation, the study found. Related Image Expand / Contract ATel Aviv University Professor Alexandra Kalev, (l.), and Harvard Professor Frank Dobbin, (r.), wa that forcing diversity training on employees...

The Navy's top officer said Thursday the performance of 10 of his sailors leading up to and following their capture by Iranian forces in January did not meet the high standards expected of them, as he aounced the long-awaited findings of a Navy investigation. "Those sailors clearly know our actions on that day in January, and this incident did not live up to our expectations of our Navy," Admiral John Richardson told reporters. Related Image Expand / Contract This picture released by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency shows the detention of U.S. Navy sailors in January. (Sepahnews via AP) One of Richardson's top deputies said some of the sailors violated the longstanding "code...

Rutgers University's iovative drone (Image: courtesy Javier Diez). A propeller-driven drone that can fly both in the air and underwater is in development at Rutgers University— a unique vehicle that caught the eye of the U.S. Navy and could be used in search-and-rescue operations and underwater inspections. The amphibious drone can emerge from the water and then fly through the air, and vice versa, meaning that operators could dispatch it from dry land, send it into water to take a look around, and then bring it back. F. Javier Diaz, a Rutgers University professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, explained that the breakthrough in the project’s development came ...