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Egypt's presidential race is haunted by the past
Egypt's presidential campaign has been full of startling moments. At one point, ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister rode into a rally ...
EU 'concerned' over conviction of Palestinian
The European Union says it is "concerned" over Israel's conviction of a prominent Palestinian protest leader. An Israeli military court on Sunday ...
Gunmen open fire at rally in Pakistan, 9 killed
Gunmen opened fire on a political rally in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and sparking rioting, police said.
Israel skeptical of Iranian nuke deal with UN
Israel's defense minister voiced skepticism on Tuesday over an agreement by Iran to open up its nuclear facilities to U.N. inspectors, saying the ...
96 Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing
A Yemeni soldier detonated a bomb hidden in his military uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade, killing 96 fellow soldiers and wounding at ...
Former Sri Lanka army chief freed from prison
Sri Lanka's former army chief, who was imprisoned after losing an election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was released from prison Monday to ...
Fort Hood bomb plot suspect wears mask in court
A soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops in a restaurant last summer wore a mask in court for the first time Monday as a jury was ...
UN nuclear chief seeks pact on wider Iran probes
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency pushed Monday for a breakthrough pact with Iran to resume inspections into suspected secret atomic weapons work ...
UN nuclear chief in Iran on key mission
The head of the U.N nuclear watchdog, in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes on whether Iran has secretly worked on ...
Survivor: Honduran police fired on passenger boat
Lucio Adan Nelson dozed on a riverboat ferrying him home from a visit with his mother when helicopters appeared overhead and started shooting. He and ...
Egyptian detainees start hunger strike
More than 100 Egyptians held since a mass arrest over two weeks ago began an open-ended hunger strike Sunday to protest their continued detention and ...
Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president. The voting that ...
Israel convicts Palestinian protest leader
An Israeli military court has convicted a Palestinian protest leader of urging youths to throw rocks at Israeli soldiers, in a case that has drawn ...
Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief
Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war ...
Myanmar: New deal to end fighting with Shan rebels
A Myanmar negotiator says ethnic Shan rebels have agreed in a second round of talks to end fighting with army troops in the country's east, the latest ...
Tight security, gnats for the press corps
Freedom of the press is a bit different at the G-8 summit. At Camp David, a highly secure compound in the woods ringed by layers of security fences, ...
Car bomb in eastern Syrian city kills 9
A car bomb in the parking lot of a Syrian military compound killed at least nine people Saturday, the latest in increasingly frequent bombings in the ...
Echoes of Eurozone crisis at NATO meeting
The NATO meeting in Chicago is a chance for alliance leaders to proclaim solidarity and promise success. But the two-day gathering that begins Sunday ...
Diplomats: Nuclear agency chief to visit Tehran
The U.N. nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume a long- stalled search for ...
Morocco, opposition group clash over UN envoy
A top Moroccan official says the U.N. envoy to the disputed Western Sahara has failed in his mission, calling Friday for the U.N. secretary general ...
Explosions rock Russian military arsenal
Emergency officials say a fire at a military ammunition depot in Russia's far east has left at least two soldiers wounded and prompted authorities to ...
Peru's famed hostage raid investigated
Peruvians traumatized by years of guerrilla violence cheered in 1997 when government troops raided the Japanese ambassador's residence to rescue ...
Yemeni army pushing into al-Qaida stronghold
Government troops battling al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen have made inroads into the militants' strongholds, but the offensive on a strategic ...