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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 ...
As Netanyahu visits Europe, relations frayed
It was supposed to be an amicable meeting between close friends. Instead, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Germany has been soured ...
Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state
The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to call for an Israeli settlement freeze, President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers decided ...
UK downplays economic sanctions against Israel
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has downplayed the possibility of European economic sanctions against Israel for its latest ...
North Korea gears up to launch long-range rocket
North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile ...
Key players, positions on Palestinian statehood
The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key ...
As Europe plots closer ties, Britain mulls split
Goodbye Britain? For the European Union, a once-unthinkable question is looking more like a real possibility with each new grinding week of economic ...
EU endorses Syrian opposition
The newly formed Syrian opposition coalition received backing from the European Union on Monday in a significant vote of confidence for a movement ...
In bold move, France welcomes Syria ambassador
France on Saturday welcomed a member of the Syrian opposition as the country's ambassador, a bold bid to confer legitimacy on the week-old opposition ...
UK: European nations to debate Syria arms embargo
European nations are discussing whether to overturn an arms embargo on Syria and seeking to press Arab countries and the United States for a new ...
France recognizes new Syria group, 1st in West
France on Tuesday became the first Western country to formally recognize Syria's newly formed opposition coalition as the sole legitimate ...
UK to end aid spending in India by 2015
Britain will halt all aid spending in India in 2015 in a significant shift in relations between the emerging economic giant and its former colonial ...
Western efforts on Syria shifting
Western efforts to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad shifted dramatically Wednesday, with Britain announcing it will deal directly with rebel ...
UK foreign secretary meets activist's doctors
Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague has visited the hospital where a 15-year-old Pakistani education activist is recovering after being shot in ...
Britain's Hague rules out Kosovo partition
Britain's foreign secretary says Kosovo should not be split along ethnic lines, and that Serbia and Kosovo's leaders should not drag out the process ...
British FM warns against more power for Brussels
Britain has struck out against pressure for the 27-nation European Union to centralize more decision-making as the continent tackles its debt crisis, ...
Spy Kids: UK starts secret agent apprenticeships
How's this for a job title — secret agent's apprentice? The British government is recruiting teenage apprentice spies and codebreakers without ...
UK to close consulate in Basra
Britain's government says it is shifting its diplomatic resources in Iraq, closing its full consulate in Basra and bolstering its embassy in Baghdad.
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban now in UK for care
A teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by the Taliban arrived in Britain on Monday to receive specialized medical care and protection from ...
EU puts new sanctions on Iran for nuclear program
The European Union, concerned by what it called Iran's refusal to come clean on its nuclear program, imposed a new range of sanctions Monday intended ...
AP Interview: UK tells Iran to end Assad support
Iran should only play a role in international diplomatic efforts to end the violence in Syria if it withdraws support for President Bashar Assad's ...
UK meets with Ecuador over WikiLeaks' Assange
Ecuador has asked Britain whether fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange might be allowed to leave his London hideout for medical treatment, as the ...
Nations pledge UN effort to halt rape in conflict
Teams of medical experts, law enforcement officials and social workers could be sent to conflict zones in a new drive to tackle the use of rape as a ...