Int'l court case against ex-pope fizzles
The International Criminal Court has rejected a longshot request by clergy sex abuse victims to investigate former Pope Benedict XVI and Vatican ...
France hit by train strike after airport action
After two days of air traffic controller strikes, French rail workers walked off the job Thursday to protest a reorganization of the national rail and ...
UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian conflict
Syria's upwardly spiraling violence has resulted in the confirmed killings of almost 93,000 people, the United Nations' human rights office said ...
Myanmar jails man for attack that sparked rioting
A Muslim man whose attack on a Buddhist woman set off sectarian rioting in Myanmar's northeast has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, a local ...
Obama tests political might in Boston, Miami
President Barack Obama put his second-term appeal to the test Wednesday in Boston and Florida, seeking to boost Democratic candidates as a fundraiser ...
Tunisia imprisons 3 European topless activists
A Tunisian court on Wednesday convicted three European feminist activists who staged a topless courthouse protest last month, sentencing them to four ...
Irish PM: Abortion activists send letters in blood
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny says anti-abortion activists in his predominantly Roman Catholic country are inundating his office with threatening ...
State broadcaster's end a blow to Greek identity
When Nazi troops marched into Greece's nearly deserted capital on April 27, 1941, radio announcer Costas Stavropoulos of the Hellenic Broadcasting ...
NSA leaker Snowden in hiding in Hong Kong
The former CIA employee who suddenly burst into headlines around the globe by revealing himself as the source of top-secret leaks about U.S.
Facebook starts first servers outside the US
Facebook on Wednesday started processing data through its first server farm outside the United States, on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Sweden.
Limits on Palestinians living with Israeli spouses
When Israeli Arabs search for a spouse, they don't just worry about looks, job prospects or future in-laws. They must think about whether their ...
SAfrica: Mandela 'responding better to treatment'
Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following "a difficult last few ...
Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican
In private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group, Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican. It was ...
Thousands of anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow
Thousands of Russian opposition activists marched through Moscow on Wednesday, decrying President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule and calling for ...
South Africa disciplines 93 soldiers on UN mission
South African's defense minister says 93 of its soldiers are being disciplined for offenses committed during a United Nations mission in Congo and ...
Crackdown filling NKorean prisons with defectors
North Korea's prison population has swelled with those caught fleeing the country under a crackdown on defections by young leader Kim Jong Un, ...
UK unemployment falls slightly
Official government figures show that UK job market recovered slightly, with unemployment falling by 5,000 between February and April. The Office for ...
Clashes in Istanbul extend into night in Taksim
Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the early hours Wednesday, battling protesters who ...
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