US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas going on offense over allegations questioning his ethics. A six-page statement from Justice Thomas's personal lawyer... An unidentified flying object shot down over the northwestern Russian city of Pskov tonight... 48 people killed by the military in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. Congolese soldiers attacking a religious group protesting the United Nations... The United States military calling on US-supported groups in eastern Syria to stop fighting each other... The inflation average in the Eurozone 5.3 percent... New university research in the Netherlands is translating into stricter official nitrogen...