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Experts: Russia likely to stay course on Assad
Recent hopes that the Kremlin would end its support of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad melted quickly, and analysts say Moscow ultimately may change its ...
Mandela battles lung infection, a chronic ailment
Military doctors are treating South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela for a recurring lung infection, an ailment the 94-year-old anti-apartheid ...
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 ...
Italian premier defends austerity measures
Premier Mario Monti on Tuesday defended his government's austerity measures as necessary to restore confidence in Italy's financial future, and warned ...
Iran arrests 28 over links to religious networks
Tehran's chief prosecutor says authorities have arrested 28 Iranians for alleged links to foreign-based TV networks advocating the Baha'i religion, ...
UN: Despite law, Afghan women still suffer abuse
Afghan women are frequent victims of abuse, despite some success by authorities in prosecuting rape cases, forced marriages and domestic violence ...
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 ...
Record number of reporters jailed globally: group
More journalists than ever are languishing in prisons across the world as countries like Turkey, Iran and China step up terror and other anti-state ...
Iran closes down consulate in Herat, Afghanistan
Iran's official news agency is reporting the country has closed its consular section in the western Afghan city of Herat, after anti-Iranian protests ...
UK gov't told to rethink data surveillance plan
British lawmakers on Tuesday demanded the government water down plans to keep track of phone calls, email and Internet activity — a bill critics dub ...
US visa cancelled to prosecutor in Tymoshenko case
The United States has canceled the visa of a Ukrainian prosecutor in charge of the case of jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko, the latest sign of ...
15 killed in Nigeria shoot-out with radical sect
A shootout in northeastern Nigeria between security forces and members of a radical Islamist sect killed at least 15 people, including a local police ...
Lawyer: Sentence reduced for Bahrain activist
A defense lawyer says a Bahrain appeals court has reduced the prison sentence of a prominent human rights activist from three years to two.
Senior Yemeni intelligence officer killed
Yemeni military officials say that a senior intelligence officer in southeastern Hadramawt province has been killed by two unknown assailants on a ...
Jordan's king orders release of jailed protesters
Jordan's king has ordered the release of 116 protesters jailed for their involvement in last month's violent rallies against hikes in fuel prices.
Meeting delay a sign of cooling US-Vietnam ties
The U.S. and Vietnam, former enemies who share concerns about China's rise, are finding that one issue — human rights — is keeping them from becoming ...
Crashes raise concern about Pakistani air force
Over a dozen Pakistani air force planes have crashed in roughly the past 18 months, raising concerns about the health of an aging fleet that officials ...
Mali's PM resigns, after being arrested by junta
Mali's prime minister presented his resignation on state television in a broadcast at 4 a.m. local time, hours after soldiers who led Mali's recent ...
Israel's Netanyahu: World has double standards
Israel's prime minister on Monday accused the international community of "deafening silence" in response to recent vows by the head of the Hamas ...
Afghan attacks down overall, insider threat rises
The U.S. Army is updating its handbook for soldiers on how to detect and prevent so-called insider attacks, providing detailed warning signs to watch ...
Argentine mom rescues hundreds of sex slaves
Susana Trimarco was a housewife who fussed over her family and paid scant attention to the news until her daughter left for a doctor's appointment and ...
Egypt's military takes over security ahead of vote
Egypt's military assumed responsibility Monday for protecting state institutions and maintaining security ahead of a Dec. 15 constitutional ...
Egypt's president behaves like his predecessors
The freshly scrawled graffiti depicting Mohammed Morsi as a pharaonic Saddam Hussein tells the tale of high hopes dashed with record speed: Barely six ...
McAfee wants to return to US, 'normal life'
Software company founder John McAfee said Sunday he wants to return to the United States and "settle down to whatever normal life" he can. In a ...