Kerry: US, allies ready to step up aid to rebels
The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the ...
Nations pledge billions to rebuild Mali
A plan to turn Mali into a stable democracy rather than a terrorist haven drew massive support Wednesday as various nations and international ...
Correction: Somalia-Famine Deaths story
In a story April 29 about a report estimating the number of Somalis who died in the country's 2011 famine, The Associated Press erroneously reported ...
London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains
Somalia's president over the weekend received the country's first pieces of mail in more than two decades. It's the kind of small but hopeful ...
Syrian troops capture key town near Damascus
After five weeks of battle, Syrian government troops captured a strategic town near Damascus, cutting an arms route for rebels trying to topple ...
Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad resigns
Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad resigned on Saturday, leaving the Palestinians without one of their most moderate and well-respected voices ...
Looking for logic in North Korea's threats
To the outside world, the talk often appears to border on the lunatic, with the poor, hungry and electricity-starved nation threatening to lay waste ...
Iran, NKorea, Syria block UN arms trade treaty
Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade for the first time, ...
BRICS plan development bank to fund infrastructure
Leaders of five of the world's emerging economic powers agreed Wednesday to create a development bank to help fund their $4.5 trillion infrastructure ...
Car bomb at Pakistani refugee camp kills 13
A car packed with explosives blew up inside a refugee camp on Thursday, killing 13 people in an attack that underscored the intensity of the conflict ...
Survey: Many conflicted on gov't spending cuts
As President Barack Obama and lawmakers spar over huge federal deficits, they're confronted by a classic contradiction: Most Americans want government ...
Chief of Syrian rebel army pleads for arms
The chief of staff of the rebel army pleaded with the international community Wednesday to supply arms and ammunition so the opposition can resist ...
Oxfam: Syrian humanitarian crisis out of control
Syria's humanitarian crisis is spinning out of control as refugee numbers spike and funding to help ease the suffering has yet to materialize, ...
APNewsBreak: Taliban attacks not down after all
The American-led military coalition in Afghanistan backed off Tuesday from its claim that Taliban attacks dropped off in 2012, tacitly acknowledging ...
Displaced who stay in Syria get little aid
Turki Abdel Qadir, a burly villager from the northern countryside, fled to this muddy camp amid olive groves three months ago after his 13-year-old ...
USAID chief visits Mogadishu, says US is committed
Signaling the latest step forward in rapidly strengthening U.S.-Somalia relations, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
EU leaders agree to $1.28 trillion 7-year budget
European Union leaders agreed Friday to a significantly reduced 7-year budget worth €960 billion ($1.28 trillion) — the first cut in spending in the ...
French troops to quit Timbuktu this week
In a new phase of the Mali conflict, French airstrikes targeted the fuel depots and desert hideouts of Islamic extremists in northern Mali overnight ...
Dutch student distributes aid to displaced Syrians
While backpacking in Europe and Asia, Wijbe Abma was moved by stories of human tragedy in Syria, torn by a civil war that has left people queuing for ...
Gulf leads UN appeal for major boost in Syrian aid
An emergency U.N. appeal to raise $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid for Syria exceeded its goal Wednesday at a conference with dire predictions of ...
AP Exclusive: possible USAID bid rigging probed
The Justice Department is conducting an investigation into possible contract rigging by the general counsel at the government agency that distributes ...
Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state discussed Iran, Syria and other issues Thursday, while testifying at his confirmation hearing ...
Syria bombs Damascus suburbs to keep rebels out
The Syrian government bombed areas around Damascus on Monday as part of its push to keep rebel fighters out of the capital, leaving many children ...
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