Wave of bombings kills at least 33 in Iraq
A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 ...
Greece: Girl, 6, drowns as migrant boat sinks
A 6-year-old girl drowned when a small boat crammed with immigrants trying to enter Greece illegally sank off an eastern Aegean Sea islet.
Holder: Potential civil rights violations at IRS
Attorney General Eric Holder says the FBI's criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service could include potential civil rights violations, ...
Nigeria deploys army to northeast to fight rebels
Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign ...
Sharif's win sparks hope for Pakistan-India ties
Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a ...
South Africa: Winnie Mandela's items to be sold
Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned next week to pay off debts she ...
Confrontation looms as Tunisia moves on salafis
Tunisia is taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups, a crackdown that has sparked demonstrations by rock-throwing ...
British prime minister, prince, visit NYC studio
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Harry visited a design studio in New York City on Tuesday as part of a campaign to promote Britain as ...
Chains grapple with how to improve safety
While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, ...
Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena
Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he ...
Va. Tech president retires, reflects on massacre
The president of Virginia Tech announced his retirement Tuesday, satisfied he had elevated the university's reputation and acknowledging that the ...
Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapse
Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people ...
Attacks against Lebanese Alawites deepen fears
Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country.
PSG City Hall celebrations scrapped after violence
A celebration of Paris Saint-Germain's first league title since 1994 was canceled Tuesday, a day after rioting during festivities in the French ...
Sepp Blatter attacks tiny Roma fine for fan racism
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has criticized Italian football authorities for the "unacceptable" decision to only fine Roma 50,000 euros ($64,865) after ...
Fitch upgrades Greece's credit rating
Debt-hobbled Greece got a new morale boost Tuesday, with Fitch ratings agency upgrading its sovereign credit grade, a day after the country's European ...
EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague
An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human ...
Correction: Somaliland-Rapes story
In a story May 12 about rapes in a region of Somalia known as Somaliland, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Somaliland declared ...
Report: Czech anti-Semitism remains fairly low
A new study by Prague's Jewish community says that anti-Semitism in the Czech Republic remains at a relatively low level, despite an increase of ...
Egypt: detained Christian teacher released on bail
An Egyptian Christian teacher detained over charges of insulting Islam has been released on bail on Tuesday, her lawyer said. A history and geography ...
Slovenia government, unions agree on wage cuts
Slovenia's government and trade unions on Tuesday reached a tentative agreement to cut public sector wages by up to 4.8 percent as part of budget ...
Croatia Airlines goes on strike over pay cuts
Croatia Airlines pilots and flight attendants went on strike Tuesday over planned salary cuts and layoffs that are part of efforts to restructure the ...
Japanese mayor: Wartime sex slaves were necessary
An outspoken nationalist mayor said the Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to ...
Amazon workers in Germany stage strike
A union representing workers at Amazon in Germany says members are striking in a push for higher wages from the online retailer. The ver.di union said ...
China tightens grip on discourse, ideology
Chinese authorities have shut down or frozen the microblog accounts of several prominent liberal intellectuals and harassed rights lawyers lobbying ...
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