Israel moving ahead with new settler housing
Israel is moving forward with plans to build more than 1,000 homes in two small isolated Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank, a spokesman said ...
Gaza suffers drop in foreign aid over Syrian war
A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors ...
Int'l court case against ex-pope fizzles
The International Criminal Court has rejected a longshot request by clergy sex abuse victims to investigate former Pope Benedict XVI and Vatican ...
At UN, privacy worry raised in counterterror fight
Senior officials attending an international conference on counterterrorism have raised privacy complaints in the wake of revelations about America's ...
UN says Afghan children casualties spike in war
The number of children killed and injured in Afghanistan's war has risen sharply this year, the U.N. Children's Fund, said, calling the trend ...
AP PHOTOS: UN says 93,000 killed in Syrian war
As the civil war in Syria rages on, the United Nations' human rights office now says almost 93,000 people have died in the conflict. A new analysis ...
G-8 summit to press Russia on Syria
Britain and Germany aim to use next week's summit of major economic powers to press Russia's leader to use his leverage with the government of ...
UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian conflict
Syria's upwardly spiraling violence has resulted in the confirmed killings of almost 93,000 people, the United Nations' human rights office said ...
6 Afghan policemen found shot dead at checkpoint
Six Afghan policemen were found shot at their checkpoint in the country's south and two other policemen were missing, raising suspicions they killed ...
Obama aides are split on arming Syria rebels
U.S. officials had hoped this week to reach a decision on arming Syria's rebels to halt the violence that has now killed some 80,000 people. But they ...
Myanmar jails man for attack that sparked rioting
A Muslim man whose attack on a Buddhist woman set off sectarian rioting in Myanmar's northeast has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, a local ...
Officials: Obama aides divided on arming rebels
Obama administration officials are split over whether to arm Syria's rebel forces or make other military moves that would deepen U.S. involvement in ...
Yugoslav and Rwanda courts won't meet UN deadline
The presidents of the U.N. tribunals prosecuting alleged war criminals from the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and key figures in the 1994 Rwanda ...
Kuwaiti premier visits Iraq, tightening bonds
Kuwait's prime minister discussed ties with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad on Wednesday, signaling improving relations between neighbors still ...
Egypt Islamists call for counter-demonstrations
Egyptian Islamist groups called Wednesday for demonstrations to counter this month's planned opposition protest campaign against the rule of the ...
UN chief: Syria spillover threatens Golan truce
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that spillover from Syria's civil war threatens a 40-year-old cease-fire between Syria and Israel in the ...
Exhibit glorifies Palestinian suicide bombers
A state-funded museum in Paris is causing outrage among France's Jewish community for staging a photo exhibition that calls Palestinian suicide ...
Limits on Palestinians living with Israeli spouses
When Israeli Arabs search for a spouse, they don't just worry about looks, job prospects or future in-laws. They must think about whether their ...
Georgia shuts 2 bases in Afghanistan after attacks
Georgia said Wednesday that the country has closed two of its bases in Afghanistan after 10 of its soldiers were killed by militant attacks within the ...
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