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Syria's Aleppo running low on food amid siege
Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the ...
Back to campaigning for Romney after uneven trip
Wrapping up a stumble-marred overseas trip, Mitt Romney pivoted quickly into a three-month stretch to the election on Tuesday with a new feel-good ...
AP PHOTOS: Scenes from massive Indian power outage
Stranded passengers, commuters on dark streets, people making food over campfires. The massive electric grid collapse in India swept people back to ...
Terror, China's reach top Clinton agenda in Africa
Growing security threats from Islamist militants and China's increasing influence throughout Africa are topping the agenda as Secretary of State ...
French parliament votes in sexual harassment law
France's parliament on Tuesday approved legislation that makes sexual harassment a crime, addressing problems many say have existed for decades in the ...
Egypt official: leader's letter to Israel is fake
A letter to Israel from Egypt's new president hoping for regional peace kicked up a stir Tuesday when the Egyptian leader's Islamist movement denied ...
Seif Gadhafi says trial in Libya would be murder
The son of killed Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi says that he wants to be tried for alleged war crimes in the Netherlands, and a trial in Libya would ...
Libyan Red Crescent: 7 Iranians kidnapped
The Libyan Red Crescent says seven members of its Iranian counterpart have been kidnapped shortly after their arrival in the western city of Benghazi.
Tunisia extends state of emergency for 7th time
Tunisia is extending a state of emergency that was first called during street unrest after the fall of the North African nation's longtime autocratic ...
Israel to end draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox
In an step that could intensify a major rift among Israelis, the defense minister on Tuesday ordered the army to prepare for a universal draft of ...
Bombs kill 21, underlining Iraq chaos
A double bombing struck at an upscale neighborhood Iraq's capital Tuesday, killing at least 21 even though police stopped three attackers storming a ...
Greek coalition chiefs to hold new austerity talks
The heads of the three parties in Greece's new coalition government are to meet again Wednesday to try and agree on further austerity cuts strenuously ...
Masked artist protests violence in Honduras
In the capital of one of the world's most dangerous countries, a hooded, masked man jumped out of a car on an assault mission. His target: a crumbling ...
Panetta: Egypt's leaders promise full democracy
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta left meetings with Egypt's new leaders Tuesday with an optimistic outlook for the valuable American ally emerging ...
Forget the flame: Boris is on fire during Games
It's hard to miss Boris Johnson at the Olympics. London's over-the-top mayor is omnipresent, even for someone used to being the center of attention.
Yemen: Protesting police storm ministry; 15 killed
Policemen loyal to Yemen's ousted leader Ali Abdullah Saleh stormed the country's Interior Ministry on Tuesday, setting off clashes that left at least ...
Russia blogger charged as Kremlin widens crackdown
Russian authorities charged Alexei Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics, with theft on Tuesday, threatening him with a 10-year ...
Syria rebels suspicious over defector's motives
Syria's most prominent defector has been touring regional powers to garner support for the uprising. But many in the opposition are deeply suspicious ...
Arafat widow seeks French 'assassination' probe
The widow of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday formally asked for a French investigation into his death, bringing a complaint of assassination weeks after ...
Olympic surprise: London traffic moving fine
Here's a pleasant surprise for Londoners who feared the worst: So far the traffic is flowing just fine despite the extra pressure of the Olympic games
Iran vows to resist sanctions 'warfare'
Iranian officials unleashed sharper attacks against tightening Western sanctions Tuesday, equating the financial pressure to "warfare" and vowing to ...
Radical cleric fails in new bid for release in UK
Two judges on Tuesday rejected the latest bid by radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada to be freed from detention in Britain, which has been trying to ...
Economist: Africa growing, political risks remain
Africa will continue its economic growth into the next year, but faces increasing threats from continued political instability, youth unemployment and ...
Greece shifting many police guards to patrol duty
Greece plans to shift roughly half of its police officers who are used for guard duty to crime-fighting efforts in cities instead, the national police ...