
Syrian jets bomb Palestinian camp in Damascus
Syrian fighter jets bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus Tuesday for the second time this week after rebels made significant advances, ...
Rebels in C. African Republic take 2 more towns
A trio of rebel groups in the Central African Republic pushed ahead and took the central mining town of Bria before first light on Tuesday, the fifth ...
Congo government, rebels agree on rules for talks
Representatives of Congo's government and Congolese rebels have agreed on procedural rules for peace talks to stem violence in eastern Congo.

NKorea may see few buyers despite rocket success
By successfully firing a rocket that put a satellite in space, North Korea let the far-flung buyers of its missiles know that it is still open for ...

Syrian vice president says army can't win
Syria's vice president has acknowledged that the army cannot defeat the rebel forces trying to topple the regime and called for a negotiated ...
France eyes new UN resolution on Mali
France's defense minister said Monday he expects the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution approving a multinational African force to help ...

Iran cautiously ponders Syria after Assad
It wasn't exactly a break-up moment between Iran and ally Bashar Assad. But Tehran's whiplash diplomacy over the weekend suggested its embrace of the ...
Russia deflects idea of UN peacekeepers for Syria
A senior Russian diplomat is dismissing the idea of a U.N. peacekeeping mission to Syria, saying it would be impossible as fighting rages in the Arab ...

On foreign policy, Kerry is Obama's good soldier
Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan ...

Israeli election downplays Palestinian issue
Peacemaking with the Palestinians, once the main issue by far in Israeli politics, has been strikingly absent from the campaign for next month's ...

Lieberman pre-election exit roils Israeli politics
The resignation of powerful Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu's top Cabinet partner, has shaken up Israeli politics a month ...

Russia backtracks on statement about Assad's fall
Russia's attempt to backpedal after a top diplomat said Syrian President Bashar Assad is losing control of his country reflects the dilemma Moscow ...

US envoy: Sudan demands block S. Sudan peace deal
New security demands raised by Sudan are blocking the implementation of a peace and security deal between Sudan and South Sudan, the U.S.

UN telecom chief 'surprised' by US-led treaty snub
Envoys from nearly 90 nations signed Friday the first new U.N. telecommunications treaty since the Internet age, but the U.S. and other Western ...

UN Security Council condemns NKorea rocket launch
The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response.

US, Syria opposition disagree over terrorist label
The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating a ...

New UN, international efforts to engage Iran
International officials pursued a two-pronged effort Wednesday to engage Iran over concerns the country may have worked on nuclear weapons, with a U.N

Afghanistan, Pakistan pursue peace despite attack
The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan are determined to press ahead with peace efforts after a meeting in Turkey, the country's president said ...

Cops, British Army guided Belfast lawyer's killing
British police and army agents planted inside Northern Ireland's major Protestant gang played a pivotal role in assassinating a Belfast attorney, a ...
Greece expels Syrian ambassador, 2 other diplomats
Greece has expelled Syria's ambassador to Athens and another two Syrian diplomats, the foreign ministry says, nearly five months after shutting down ...

Congo rebels return to peace talks
Peace talks with rebels in eastern Congo should end with the disbandment of the M23 rebel movement, Congo's foreign minister said Tuesday, declaring ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan discuss attack on spy chief
Afghan officials say President Hamid Karzai will present evidence to Pakistan's leader this week about the attempted assassination of the Afghan spy ...